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sonophobia

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An unusual fear of sounds (especially loud noises).

uncountable

Examples

“Patients with this condition often develop⟳ so-called sonophobia marked by fears of and/or aversions to sounds that individuals with normal hearing tolerate easily and find⟳ innocuous.”
“There is no aura, there is some photophobia, sonophobia, and he goes to bed if possible.”
“Like⟳ migraine headache, hemicrania continua is associated with nausea and vomiting, as well as sonophobia and phonophobia.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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