Spasmodic dysphonia is a rare neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the vocal cords, making speech strained ...

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Spasmodic dysphonia is considered a task-specific type of dystonia, which means it affects regular speech. It’s less likely ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spasmodic dysphonia, a voice disorder caused by a malfunction in the brain. Here’s what to know.

Spasmodic dysphonia is a rare chronic neurological speech disorder that results in involuntary spasms of the muscles that ...

Kennedy has a rare disorder called spasmodic dysphonia – a spasm of the vocal muscles. Kennedy is one ... The spasms sometimes make the vocal cords very tight, making the voice sound strained.

RFK Jr.'s raspy voice is due to spasmodic dysphonia. The neurological disorder produces muscle spasms in the voice box.

Instead, he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition in which the muscles that open and close his vocal cords spasm involuntarily, creating a strained or strangled quality to his speech.

The neurological condition can cause people like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to have voices that break and can sound “strangled.” ...