1.0Glossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossaryGlossaryhttps://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/author/adminglossary/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="a5nssSXSS1"><a href="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/aphonia/">Aphonia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/aphonia/embed/#?secret=a5nssSXSS1" width="600" height="338" title="“Aphonia” — Glossary" data-secret="a5nssSXSS1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.healthbenefitstimes.com/glossary/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Loss or absence of voice as a result of the failure of the vocal cords to vibrate properly.Loss of the voice resulting from disease, injury to the vocal cords, or various psychological causes, such as hysteria.Inability to produce normal speech sounds; may be due to either organic disease or psychological causes.Loss or impairment of voice without associated organic pathology.A condition in which a person is unable to make sounds.Loss of speaking voice, usually due to irritation, infection, and swelling of the larynx.Loss of the ability to produce the vocal sounds of normal speech. (Dysphonia is a difficulty in producing sounds; in spastic dysphonia, a person cannot speak because of spasmodic contraction of throat muscles.) Aphonia has a number of different causes. It may be caused by overuse of the vocal cords, disorders affecting the parts of the respiratory system needed to vocalize or produce speech, underlying disease, paralysis (aphonia paralytica), or psychological disorders (hysteric aphonia or aphonia paranoica). Speech therapy is useful in the treatment of some cases of aphonia. Sometimes botulinum toxin type A (Botox) injected in the vocal cords will relieve vocal cord spasms.Absence of or loss of the voice through disease of the larynx or mouth: if loss of speech is due to a defect in the brain the disorder is aphasia.Loss of voice, usually sudden. Commonly caused by emotional stress with no detectable physical abnormality in the LARYNX. Damage or disease of the larynx usually results in dysphonia (partial voice loss). Where no physical cause can be identified, reassurance and, if the voice does not quickly return, psychotherapy are the treatments of choice.Loss of speech sounds from the larynx, as may occur in chronic laryngitis. It is not caused by a brain lesion. The condition may be caused by disease of the vocal cords, paralysis of the laryngeal nerves, or pressure on the recurrent laryngeal nerve; or it may be functional (due to psychiatric causes).Aphonia refers to the complete loss of voice, which can occur as a result of larynx (voicebox) surgery or may be a temporary condition that arises suddenly due to emotional stress. In aphonia, the vocal cords fail to properly close during speech attempts, although they may function adequately when the individual coughs, allowing them to briefly meet. This inability to produce sound effectively leads to a loss of voice and difficulty in verbal communication.There is no specific treatment for aphonia, but in cases where the condition is temporary, the individual's voice typically returns as abruptly as it vanished. The transient nature of temporary aphonia means that the loss of voice is usually temporary, and the individual can expect a spontaneous restoration of their voice without any specific medical intervention.The incapacity to speak as a result of a defect in the larynx.