mutism

speech disorder

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Mutism is the condition of being unable to speak. This inability can stem from physical, functional, or psychological causes. The term relates to speechlessness or silence, and it is the opposite of qualities like eloquence, fluency, or talkativeness. The word "mutism" originates from the Latin word mutus, meaning mute.12

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agnosia
Types of agnosia
…Landau-Kleffner syndrome, may lead to mutism, or loss of the ability or will to speak. The sensory organ of hearing is intact, and pure tones can be perceived. Individuals with amusia are unable to recognize that certain groups of sounds represent music and therefore cannot distinguish music from other sounds.…
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…Landau-Kleffner syndrome, may lead to mutism, or loss of the ability or will to speak. The sensory organ of hearing is intact, and pure tones can be perceived. Individuals with amusia are unable to recognize that certain groups of sounds represent music and therefore cannot distinguish music from other sounds.…
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speech disorder
Speech of the hard of hearing
…training inevitably leads to the absence of oral language development. Deaf children have traditionally been educated in special schools for the deaf, where the oral method (showing how to shape the oral structures for each speech sound) of teaching speech has competed with the older manual method of allowing the…
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…training inevitably leads to the absence of oral language development. Deaf children have traditionally been educated in special schools for the deaf, where the oral method (showing how to shape the oral structures for each speech sound) of teaching speech has competed with the older manual method of allowing the…
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