Which lung sound possesses the characteristics of being louder and higher in pitch, with a short silence between inspiration and expiration and with expiration being longer than inspiration?

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These sounds are consistent with bronchial breath sounds. Be alert for these, as they may occur elsewhere and indicate a pneumonia or other pathology. The current explanation for this phenomenon is that the sound from the trachea is carried very well to the chest wall by fluid. This same explanation explains "ee" to "aa" changes, whispered pectoriloquy, bronchophony, and other circumstances in which high-frequency sounds, normally blocked by the air-filled alveoli, could be transmitted to the chest wall.

Which Lung Sound Possesses the Characteristics of Being Louder and Higher