This might sound like sloth, but I'm on disability (I worked for 25 years before I couldn't manage anymore). I'm semi-agorophobic lately; most days I don't even leave the house. I'm not always like this, but this mood/state strikes once in a while. Due to staffing problems at my girlfriend's workplace, she's been working 12 hour days for quite some time (I worry about her). When my girlfriend isn't here I don't watch TV, I don't answer the phone recently (part of my isolation), & I listen to music without lyrics (I'm into instrumental jazz). This thread made me realize I live primarily without spoken language. So...I'm basically non-verbal now - save the written language here on PC. I sometimes feel I textually chatter too much here but, for the most part, this is my voice...silent though it may be. I guess what I'm trying to communicate is there are different ways of losing one's voice. Sorry to hijack your thread, but its title led me to an uncomfortable realization.