hypophonia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hypo- +‎ phono- +‎ -ia

Noun[edit]

hypophonia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The condition of having a quiet voice; inability to speak loudly.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      She would have to make a notable effort to speak, but the effort notwithstanding she would speak a whisper quite different in quality from the hypophonia she had shown in her pre-DOPA days.
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