aphonia

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At first this seemed unaccountable, but later it was found that the old woman for whom the patient had been caring had a "stroke" with loss of the power to speak, though no aphonia.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

Ball records a curious case of what he calls hysteric aphonia.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The treatment of functional aphonia should be general and local; tonics such as strychnin, iron, and arsenic should be administered; the intra-laryngeal application of electricity usually effects a sudden cure.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Laryngeal Foreign Body.—One or more of the following laryngeal symptoms may be present: Hoarseness, croupy cough, aphonia, odynphagia, hemoptysis, wheezing, dyspnea, cyanosis, apnea, subjective sensation of foreign body.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Each time on her disappearance he had an attack of aphonia, inability to utter a sound of any kind.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)