bronchophony

Clinical manifestations

• spoken words generally muffled & indistinctly heard in the air-filled lungs
• with pulmonary consolidation, they are heard distinctly & sound close to the ear

Procedure

• with your stethoscope, listen over symmetrical areas over the chest wall
• ask the patient to say 'ninety-nine'.

More general terms

• sign/symptom

More specific terms

• egophony