autophony

autophony
Increased hearing of one's own voice, breath sounds, arterial murmurs, etc., noted especially in disease of the middle ear or of the nasal fossae. SYN: tympanophonia, tympanophony. [auto- + G. phone, sound]

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au·toph·o·ny (aw-tofґə-ne) [auto- + Gr. phōnē voice] abnormal hearing of one's own voice and respiratory sounds, usually as a result of a patulous eustachian tube.

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