Problem
Mutism
Other Names:
Selective mutism Nature:
The children refuse to speak in one or more major social situations, but may communicate with gestures or monotone utterances. These children understand spoken language and have normal language skills, although some speech disorder or abnormality of articulation may be present.
Broader Problems:
Speech disordersDevelopmental disabilities Narrower Problems:
Deaf mutism Related Problems:
DeafnessMotor aphasia Strategies:
Treating mutism Values:
Muteness Subject(s):
Government → PoliticsMedicine → Hearing, speech
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
10.10.2019 – 17:45 CEST