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Auditory-Visual Synesthesia

Auditory-Visual Synesthesia

This name has been given to the phenomenon of sudden sound-evoked light flashes in patients with optic nerve disorders. This may be equivalent to noise-induced visual phosphenes or sound-induced photisms.

 

References

Jacobs L, Karpik A, Bozian D, Gothgen S. Auditory-visual synesthesia: sound-induced photisms. Archives of Neurology 1981; 38: 211-216

 

Cross References

Phosphene; Synesthesia