egophony

Introduction

A form of bronchophony in which the spoken syllables have a nasal quality.

Etiology

• egophony is often the result of a compressed lung below a pleural effusion or pulmonary consolidation

Clinical manifestations

• normally a muffled long E sound is heard
• when the E is heard as A with a nasal quality, egophony is present

Procedure

• with your stethoscope, listen over symmetrical areas over the chest wall
• ask the patient to say 'ee'

More general terms

• bronchophony