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Yes there is what is called selective mutism which is a child cannot speak because of trauma. Also a severe illness as an infant can make somebody not be able to talk. I have also heard people being in car accidents and losing their voice.

I suffered a severe vocal cord injury at the age of ten (now I'm 33) which left me without the ability to speak/ or make the sounds that one would associate with words. So it would not be what one would call selective.

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