loss of speech
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Lacking any physical irregularities that would cause his loss of speech, I conclude the condition must be related to brain function.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
I will designate it, therefore, as aphemia, or loss of speech.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Recent research suggests that, by 2, toddlers can begin to reveal signs of autism: an absence of big smiles or, as in Jonathan’s case, an abrupt loss of speech and a lack of interactive gestures.
From Slate • Nov. 29, 2017
In a mesmerising video, one of the charity's music therapists starts communicating with a woman whose dementia has lead to the loss of speech, by doing a sort of singing and guitar-playing call-and-response.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2012
If, by good luck, the little one has learned to read even a simple primer before becoming deaf, it will be much easier to prevent a loss of speech.
From What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know by Wright, John Dutton
