RFK Jr.'s strained voice stems from spasmodic dysphonia, a rare disorder affecting speech but not his cognitive abilities or ...

In North America, an estimated 50,000 people have spasmodic dysphonia. The condition involves the involuntary pulling of the ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered testimony at two Capitol Hill hearings on May 14. The appearance prompted questions about his voice.

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In contrast, a form of the condition called abductor dysphonia causes a breathy voice with breaks on consonants due to uncontrolled abduction—meaning coming apart of the vocal folds. Spasmodic ...

Dysphonias fall into a broader category of movement disorders Spasmodic dysphonia is classified as a focal dystonia, a dystonia that affects one body part – the vocal folds, in the case of ...