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29 relations: Akinetic mutism, Aphasia, Aphonia, Augmentative and alternative communication, Autism, Broca's area, Conversion disorder, Developmental disability, Down syndrome, Dysarthria, Dyslalia, Esophageal speech, Esophagus, Feral child, Hearing loss, Human body, Intellectual disability, Larynx, Lung, Mouth, Selective mutism, Sign language, Social isolation, Specific language impairment, Speech delay, Speech disorder, Tongue, Vocal fold paresis, Vocal folds.
Akinetic mutism
Akinetic mutism is a medical term describing patients tending neither to move (akinesia) nor speak (mutism).
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Aphasia
Aphasia is an inability to comprehend and formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions.
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Aphonia
Aphonia is defined as the inability to produce voiced sound.
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Augmentative and alternative communication
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an umbrella term that encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
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Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by troubles with social interaction and communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior.
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Broca's area
Broca's area or the Broca area or is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere, usually the left, of the hominid brain with functions linked to speech production.
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Conversion disorder
Conversion disorder (CD) is a diagnostic category used in some psychiatric classification systems.
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Developmental disability
Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions that are due to mental or physical impairments that arise before adulthood.
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Down syndrome
Down syndrome (DS or DNS), also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.
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Dysarthria
Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder resulting from neurological injury of the motor component of the motor-speech system and is characterized by poor articulation of phonemes.
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Dyslalia
Dyslalia means difficulties in talking due to structural defects in speech organs.
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Esophageal speech
Esophageal speech, also known as esophageal voice, is a method of speech production that involves oscillation of the esophagus.
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Esophagus
The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English), commonly known as the food pipe or gullet (gut), is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach.
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Feral child
A feral child (also called wild child) is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, where they have little or no experience of human care, behavior, or, crucially, of human language.
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Hearing loss
Hearing loss, also known as hearing impairment, is a partial or total inability to hear.
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Human body
The human body is the entire structure of a human being.
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Intellectual disability
Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability, and mental retardation (MR), is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significantly impaired intellectual and adaptive functioning.
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Larynx
The larynx, commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck of tetrapods involved in breathing, producing sound, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.
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Lung
The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and many other animals including a few fish and some snails.
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Mouth
In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, buccal cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds.
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Selective mutism
Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is normally capable of speech cannot speak in specific situations or to specific people.
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Sign language
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use manual communication to convey meaning.
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Social isolation
Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society.
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Specific language impairment
Specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed when a child's language does not develop normally and the difficulties cannot be accounted for by generally slow development, physical abnormality of the speech apparatus, autism spectrum disorder, apraxia, acquired brain damage or hearing loss.
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Speech delay
Speech delay, also known as alalia, refers to a delay in the development or use of the mechanisms that produce speech.
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Speech disorder
Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorder where 'normal' speech is disrupted.
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Tongue
The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, and is used in the act of swallowing.
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Vocal fold paresis
Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis (also called vocal fold paralysis or paresis) is the medical term describing an injury to one or both recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs), which control all muscles of the larynx except for the cricothyroid muscle.
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Vocal folds
The vocal folds, also known commonly as vocal cords or voice reeds, are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally, from back to front, across the larynx.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muteness
