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Mutism, elective: Complete lack of speech (mutism) that is believed to be volitional (willed) on the part of the patient.
True elective mutism may be a reaction to a traumatic event, the aftermath of an injury to the mouth or throat, particularly if it is painful, or a symptom of extreme shyness.
In some cases, the lack of speech is eventually found not to be volitional, but a sign of damage or deformity of the speech apparatus, or a feature of infantile autism.
See also selective mutism.
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MUTISM, ELECTIVE MUTISM, SELECTIVE MUTISM By Svea Gold (Names of the children are altered.) Without Samuel the term elective mutism would have had only a fleeting interest ...
Elective mutism: Complete lack of speech (mutism) that is believed to be volitional (willed) on the part of the patient. True elective mutism may be a reaction to a ...
Selective mutism (SM) is a severe childhood anxiety disorder[1][2] in which a person who is normally capable of speech is unable to speak in given situations, or to ...
What Is Elective Mutism? It's when a child doesn't speak in certain situations. It's not that the child is unable to speak but decides not to speak, usually because of ...