What is spasmodic dysphonia? The condition that makes RFK Jr sound 'strangled’ - Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department ...

Kennedy Jr., known to the world as RFK Jr. for short, suffers from "spasmodic dysphonia, a specific form of an involuntary ...

That’s because he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition ... s a tumor or stroke or something.” According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, speech-language pathologists often test ...

Spasmodic dysphonia is more likely to affect women, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, and symptoms typically surface between age 30 and 50. Kennedy developed the disorder in his 40s ...

Symptoms usually start between the ages of 30 and 50, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, as they did with RFK Jr. There are three types of spasmodic dysphonia: Adductor spasmodic dysphonia ...

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