Of 738 cases, 358 (49%) have multiple synaesthesiae.

There are at least 39 types of synaesthesia:
 

Graphemes -> Color	= 497/738	= 67.3%
Time Units -> Color	= 174/738	= 23.6%
Mus. Sounds -> Color	=  138/738	= 18.7%
Gen. Sounds -> Color	= 110/738	= 14.9%
Phonemes -> Color	=  76/738	= 10.3%
Mus. Notes -> Color	=  74/738	= 10.0%
Odors -> Color	=  50/738	=  6.8%
Tastes -> Color	=  48/738	=  6.5%
Pain -> Color	=  44/738	=  6.0%
Personalities -> Color	=  42/738	=  5.7%
Touch -> Color	=  29/738	=  3.9%
Temperatures -> Color	=  19/738	=  2.6%
Orgasms -> Color	=  7/738	=  0.9%
Emotion -> Color	=   5/738	=  0.7%
Kinetics -> syn. Sound	=  3/738	=  0.4%
Person -> syn. Smell	=   3/738	=  0.4%
Personality -> syn. Touch	=  1/738	=  0.1%
Smell -> syn. Sound	=   4/738	=  0.5%
Smell -> syn. Taste	=  1/738	=  0.1%
Smell -> syn. Temp.	=  1/738	=  0.1%
Smell -> syn. Touch	=   5/738	=  0.7%
Sound -> Kinetics	=  4/738	=  0.5%
Sound -> syn. Smell	=   13/738	=  1.8%
Sound -> syn. Taste	=  45/738	=  6.1%
Sound -> syn. Temp.	=   4/738	=  0.5%
Sound -> syn. Touch	=  29/738	=  3.9%
Taste -> syn. Sound	=   1/738	=  0.1%
Taste -> syn. Temp.	=   1/738	=  0.1%
Taste -> syn. Touch	=   4/738	=  0.5%
Temp. -> syn. Sound	=   1/738	=  0.1%
Touch -> syn. Smell	=   2/738	=  0.3%
Touch -> syn. Sound	=   3/738	=  0.4%
Touch -> syn. Taste	=   3/738	=  0.4%
Touch -> syn. Temp.	=   1/738	=  0.1%
Vision -> syn. Smell	=   8/738	=  1.1%
Vision -> syn. Sound	=   12/738	=  1.6%
Vision -> syn. Taste	=  16/738	=  2.2%
Vision -> syn . Temp.	=   2/738	=  0.3%
Vision -> syn. Touch	=   7/738	=  0.9%

  Types of synaesthesia not yet found in 738 case reports:
 

     Taste -> syn. Smell "smelling flavors"

     Temp. -> syn. Smell  "smelling temperature flux"
     Temp. -> syn. Taste "tasting temperature flux"
     Temp. -> syn. Touch "feeling temperature flux"
 
 

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