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

Drexel’s College of Medicine expert Robert Sataloff, a professional opera singer and conductor, offers tips to help fellow ...

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explains why his voice sounds raspy and strained, causing difficulty when he speaks. Here's more about ...

R obert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks with a raspy quiver in his voice. That’s because he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare ...

Kennedy Jr.'s recent appearance. Here's are the signs of this disorder: Problems in speech due to involuntary muscle spasms ...

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

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

I broke its neck. When making a vase at the potter's wheel, I torqued its slippery neck clear off the pot as I tried to thin ...

People who use their voices for a living — everyone from singers to sports announcers — know how to use chest, back, and abdominal muscles to ease the strain on their vocal cords or folds ...

Needle electrodes are needle electrodes that are inserted under the thyroid cartilage into the vocal cord muscle, which receives a stable EMG signal and records more accurate data. A study (66) of RLN ...