MUTENESS

Muteness

Muteness or mutism is an inability to speak caused by a speech disorder. Those who are physically mute may have problems with the parts of the human body required for human speech . Being mute is often associated with deafness as people who have been unable to hear from birth may not be able to articulate words correctly, but muteness describes people who can hear but cannot talk. Other causes include intellectual disability and autism. A person can be born mute, or become mute later in life due to injury or disease. The prevalence of mutism from all causes is on the order of 0.8 persons per 1000.

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muteness

Noun

  1. The characteristic of being mute.


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