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Aphonia
Afonia
CategoryDefinition
Aphonia is the inability to produce voice. It is considered more severe than dysphonia. Like dysphonia, aphonia can be caused by voice strain or overuse, injury, by structural laryngeal anomalies or by dystonic neurological disorders.
Exclusions
- Dissociative disorders
Inclusions
- Loss of voice
Index Terms
AphoniaLoss of voiceabsence of voiceunable to phonateunable to produce voiceunable to vocalizecomplete voice lossorganic aphonia