Definition of Phonophobia

1. Noun. A morbid fear of sounds including your own voice.

Exact synonyms: Acousticophobia
Generic synonyms: Simple Phobia

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

1. Morbid fear of one's own voice, or of any sound. Origin: phono-+ G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phonophobia

phonology
phonomania
phonometer
phonometers
phonometric
phonomotor
phonomotors
phonomyoclonus
phonomyography
phonon
phononic
phononics
phononless
phonons
phonopathy
phonophobia (current term)
phonophobias
phonophore
phonophoresis
phonophotography
phonopsia
phonoreception
phonoreceptor
phonorecord
phonorecords
phonos
phonoscope
phonoscopes
phonoscopy
phonosemantic

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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