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January 28th 2025

autophony

autophony

n. the hearing of one’s own voice reverberating inside one’s head. Autophony is usually caused by diseases of the middle ear, such as serous otitis media, a condition called patulous eustachian tube in which the eustachian tube remains open, or superior canal dehiscence. Also called autophonia; autophonic response.