"Note that the word 'mute' is regarded by linguists as an onomatopoeic formation referring not to silence but to a certain fundamental opacity of human being, which likes to show the truth by allowing ...

Children with selective mutism do not speak at school or in other public places where others might hear them, or they speak only in a barely audible whisper. These children speak freely and easily, ...

After nearly four years of war and repeated trauma, scores of Ukrainian children are developing severe speech disorders, ...

A multitalented 11-year-old girl is hitting the big time, but her success was nearly silenced forever. "I've been playing piano for nine years since I was 2," said Rachel Ling Gordon. Gordon, who is ...

World of Dance premiered Tuesday night, and while viewers got a lot of what they expected (i.e., really great dance routines), they also got something totally unexpected, too. The Crazy 8's, a group ...

A Brockton teacher helped a 9-year-old student with selective mutism speak at school for the first time. Melody Edward, a teacher at Dessalines S.T.E.A.M. Academy, used the student's doll to build ...