light phonism

light phonism
   The term light phonism is indebted to the Greek noun phonème, which means voice or sound. It is used to denote a type of " synaesthesia characterized by a hallucinated sound (i.e. a "phonism) triggered by a regular visual percept.
   References
   Cytowic, R.E. (2002). Synesthesia. A union ofthe senses. Second edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Dictionary of Hallucinations. . 2010.

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