Dysphonia? Sounds euphonic, but what does it mean? It is a voice disorder (Google is your friend for life,) and the word I was looking for following a weekend day recently, when I spoke to no one for a period of 24 hours, though (one hopes) not as a result of any new disorder amongst my tired old disorders.
I found this word last Wednesday in an article about singer Linda Thompson, who, the article said, had suffered from hysterical dysphonia, which is a condition that makes it impossible for one to speak. Linda Thompson is of course, the former wife of Richard Thompson and mother of Teddy Thompson, all three of them fine British folk rock singers and songwriters. Linda has a new album out, as does Teddy, and Richard is just hitting town on a tour. A lot of noise altogether. I wonder what the antonym of dysphonia is, blabbermouth?
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