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Indeed, a condition parallel to prosopagnosia, called phonagnosia, similarly leaves a person unable to distinguish a familiar voice from an unfamiliar one.
NYT > Home Page By KAREN BARROW 2011
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Doctors do sometimes see this condition called phonagnosia typically in the aftermath of a stroke when brain damage affects auditory perception.
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The successful British businesswoman, who is normal in every other way, is the first known case of someone being born with developmental phonagnosia, which leaves her unable to recognise even the voices of her own family.
Brain Illness Leaves Woman Unable To Recognise Anyone’s Voice Except Sean Connery | Impact Lab 2010
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But people with phonagnosia are not able to do this.
Woman Unable To Recognise Voices Gives New Insights Into The Human Brain | Impact Lab 2010
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The successful British businesswoman, who is normal in every other way, is the first known case of someone being born with developmental phonagnosia, which leaves her unable to recognise even the voices of her own family.
Woman Unable To Recognise Voices Gives New Insights Into The Human Brain | Impact Lab 2010
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SPIEGEL: While for some people having phonagnosia is genuinely difficult, Royster says for him it falls into the category of minor annoyance.
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SPIEGEL: According to phonagnosia researcher Diana Sidtis, the part of the brain that allows people to distinguish things like age, gender and emotional content in a voice is different from the part of the brain that makes sense of whether or not the voice they're hearing has personal relevance, the part that's able to determine when something is familiar.
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SPIEGEL: But probably the worst moment caused by his phonagnosia happened when Royster was a little bit older.
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SPIEGEL: In fact, Royster has phonagnosia, or voice blindness, a very rare and very strange disorder.
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In phonagnosia, that part of the brain is damaged.
burntsox commented on the word phonagnosia
(′f�?n·ag′n�?·zhə) (psychology) A disturbance in the recognition of familiar voices in which the affected individual has good comprehension of what is spoken, but the speaker cannot be identified. dictionary.com
March 13, 2008
burntsox commented on the word phonagnosia
I cannot readily recognize voices over the phone, even my wife, co-workers, or mother. Please say who you are when you call!
March 13, 2008
whichbe commented on the word phonagnosia
First case study of developmental phonagnosia
October 30, 2008