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muteness
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In human development, muteness or mutism is defined as an absence of speech, with or without an ability to hear the speech of others. Mutism is typically understood as a person's inability to speak, and commonly observed by their family members, caregivers, teachers, doctors, or speech and language pathologists. It may not be a permanent condition, as muteness can be caused or manifest due to several different phenomena, such as physiological injury, illness, medical side effects, psychological trauma, developmental disorders, or neurological disorders. A specific physical disability or commun
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).image
- Jan de Stomme - Self-portrait.jpg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Jan Jansz. de Stomme, a deaf-mute 17th century Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
- Medical condition (new).specialty
- Neurology, psychiatry, laryngology, Phoniatrics
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Research
3,497 papers- Muteness of cerebellar origin.Archives of neurology · 1985
- Selective mutism.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2016
- Cerebellar mutism.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2015
- Cerebellar mutism.Brain and language · 2013
- Cerebellar mutism.Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics · 2013
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9 sectionsContents
- Causes
- Biological causes
- Psychological causes
- Developmental and neurological causes
- Treatment
- Management
- See also
- Notes
- References
In human development, muteness or mutism is defined as an absence of speech, with or without an ability to hear the speech of others. Mutism is typically understood as a person's inability to speak, and commonly observed by their family members, caregivers, teachers, doctors, or speech and language pathologists. It may not be a permanent condition, as muteness can be caused or manifest due to several different phenomena, such as physiological injury, illness, medical side effects, psychological trauma, developmental disorders, or neurological disorders. A specific physical disability or communication disorder can be more easily diagnosed. Loss of previously normal speech (aphasia) can be due to accidents, disease, or surgical complication; it is rarely for psychological reasons.
Treatment or management also varies by cause and this can often be determined after a speech assessment. Treatment can sometimes restore speech. If not, a range of assistive and augmentative communication devices are available.