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Definition of Phonophobia
1. Noun. A morbid fear of sounds including your own voice.
Definition of Phonophobia
1. Noun. An unusual fear of sounds, especially of one's own voice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Phonophobia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phonophobia
Literary usage of Phonophobia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"... the labyrinth there is monaural or binaural loss of hearing, in cerebral
apoplexy the hearing may be unaffected or there may be a temporary phonophobia. ..."
2. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery by Daniel Drake, Lundsford Pitts Yandell (1841)
"... rise to the excitement and spasm of the hydrophobic patient at the sight of
water. This internal movement might, on that account, be called phonophobia. ..."
3. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"In other patients, when the pain occurs on speaking, it shows itself as a typical
phonophobia. Finally, it is mentioned that, in these glottis spasms which ..."
4. The Musical World (1853)
"The curate said that it would pass away, like the phonophobia; and the sequel
proved the curate right. After some time the faculty of memory, which had been ..."
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