mutism

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Ok mutism is a great use case, thanks.

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the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness"

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noun

the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mutism.

noun

the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness"

Example sentences

Ok mutism is a great use case, thanks.

One of my kids suffered from selective mutism when she was younger.

Think of the millions who will succumb to akinetic mutism[1].

An internet friend had a child diagnosed with "selective mutism.

Practice it as much as possible, I stutter and developed selective mutism because of it.

* But it ends in akinetic mutism, which is when you want to move, but a counterwill energes preventing you from moving, and you want to speak, but a counterwill prevents you from speaking.

I'm looking forward to an AI assistant that can use my voice to make phone callsI'm sure some people with selective mutism that would like to use text to speech with their own voice> How will we adapt?Digitally signing audio clips

I'm hearing, but I have a neurological disorder that causes occasional unpredictable periods of mutism, during which ASL is my primary means of communication.

Then you’ve got delirium; delirium is a syndrome [cluster of symptoms] like akinetic mutism, and both have nearly identical symptoms in acute presentation—but very different symptoms when only in partial presentation, which is why they’re not the same syndrome.