The inability to generate oral-verbal expression, despite normal comprehension of speech. This may be associated with BRAIN DISEASES or MENTAL DISORDERS. Organic mutism may be associated with damage to the FRONTAL LOBE; BRAIN STEM; THALAMUS; and CEREBELLUM. Selective mutism is a psychological condition that usually affects children characterized by continuous refusal to speak in social situations by a child who is able and willing to speak to selected persons. Kussmal aphasia refers to mutism in psychosis. (From Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 1994; 62(9):337-44)
    

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Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York: with an elaborate border. Line engraving by J.D. Smillie after Davis.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

Christ heals the dumb and blind demoniac. Etching.

The Deaf and Dumb institution, Cabra, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after C. Geoghegan.

A mute man and a dwarf, with Turkish buildings in the background. Line engraving.

Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children.

Strange and wonderfull news from Saffron-hill in London : being a true and perfect relation of a bricklayer that was miraculously struck dumb, on Tursday the 19. of March last past, as he was at supper, and still continues in that sad condition.

Cat's got your tongue? : a story for children afraid to speak / by Charles E. Schaefer ; illustrated by Judith Friedman.

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Christ heals a dumb, mentally ill child. Woodcut.

The act of incorporation and by-laws of the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children.

Strange and wonderfull news from Saffron-hill in London : being a true and perfect relation of a bricklayer that was miraculously struck dumb, on Tursday the 19. of March last past, as he was at supper, and still continues in that sad condition.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

Cat's got your tongue? : a story for children afraid to speak / by Charles E. Schaefer ; illustrated by Judith Friedman.