echoacousia

A subjective disturbance of hearing in which a sound appears to be repeated. [echo + G. akouo, to hear]

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n.

a false sensation of echoing after normally heard sound owing to a defect of the cochlea in the inner ear.

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echo·acou·sia (ek″o-ə-kooґzhə) [echo + Gr. akousis hearing + -ia] the subjective experience of hearing echoes after normally heard sounds.