uttering speech while asleep

also called somniloquy; a parasomnia characterized by talking during sleep.

utterence of speech or sounds during sleep without awareness of the event. Takes place during stage REMS, representing a motor breakthrough of dream speech, or in the course of transitory arousals from NREMS and other stages. The person is not fully consciousness and retains no memory of the talking. Symptoms include: speech or utterances during sleep episodes are not associated with awareness of talking polysomnography (sleep recording) shows episodes of sleep talking that can occur in any stage of sleep possible association with psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders possible association with medical disorders such as febrile illness (fever) possible association with other sleep disorders such as sleepwalking, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, or REM sleep behavior disorder