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

In his regular column, Dr James Le Fanu answers your questions. This week, a reader struggles with a progressively raspy voice ...

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

Spasmodic dysphonia is a rare chronic neurological speech disorder that results in involuntary spasms of the muscles that open or close the vocal folds. It causes the voice to suddenly sound breathy, ...

The overall effect is a downstream cascade of incorrect neural input to the vocal cord muscles, leading to spasms,” says Dr. Damrose. The condition most often affects women, especially between ...

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.

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.” ...

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

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