An inability or impaired ability to make vocal sounds.
A disorder that exists when there is psychological trauma that is manifested physically. There may be a single traumatic event such as an accident, death, or psychologically damaging event, and there is change of voice within a short time. A long term psychologically damaging circumstance, such as sexual abuse, may also physically manifest itself soon or many years later. In most cases this voice disorder will not resolve unless there is psychotherapy involved. Term found in Types of Voice Disorders: Conversion Dysphonia/Aphonia.
A lost of voice due to organic or psychological causes
Loss of voice due to disorder of the larynx or its neural connection.
An inability to vibrate the vocal folds, and thus, no voice is made.
Inability to speak or produce normal speech sounds.
Aphonia is loss of voice.
Aphonia is the medical term for the inability to speak. It is considered more severe than dysphonia. A primary cause of aphonia is bilateral disruption of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which supplies nearly all the muscles in the larynx.