What's the word for this sentence "Unable to speak???"?

Question

What is the word for it when you can't speak PERMANENTLY?, not like laryngitis.

Answer 1

I think its mute

Answer 2

Mute.

Answer 3

Mute

Answer 4

Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the power of articulating speech.

Answer 5

Just like the button on your tv remote, they are mute. However it is not always permanent, like David Archuleta, who was mute after a virus or something attacked his vocal cords making them paralyzed. Now he is the runner up for American Idol.  

Answer 6

There are several, according to what has caused the person to lose or never have the ability to speak. Try this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech