auditory sleep start
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visual sleep start — A term used to denote a photopsia (i.e. a flash of light) which may occasionally accompany the * auditory sleep start. Phenomenologi cally, the visual sleep start shows certain similarities to the * sound phosphene. For a further explanation,… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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exploding head syndrome — Also known as auditory sleep start. The term exploding head syndrome was introduced in or shortly before 1988 by the British neurologist John M.S. Pearce (b. 1936) to denote an abrupt and exceptionally loud akoasm (i.e. a nonverbal auditory… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
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