Aphemia vs. Aphonia — What's the Difference?

A type of aphasia in which the ability to speak is lost or severely impaired.

Aphonia is defined as the inability to produce voiced sound. Damage to the nerve may be the result of surgery (e.g., thyroidectomy) or a tumor.Aphonia means "no sound".

Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; - a disorder of cerebral origin.

Loss of the voice resulting from disease, injury to the vocal cords, or various psychological causes, such as hysteria.

(medicine) Loss of voice; the inability to speak.

Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice