Kennedy has a rare disorder called spasmodic dysphonia — a spasm of the vocal muscles. Kennedy is one of an estimated 50,000 people in North America with spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological ...

People with the condition may be hidden from society or isolated from others due to fear of catching the disease. In the case of spasmodic dysphonia, the affected person may feel that they appear ...

Kennedy Jr.'s strained voice, due to spasmodic ... people like me. If your health provider shrugs their shoulders at your concerns, find someone else who can give you answers. Dysphonia ...

In the 1990s, while in he was in his early 40s, Kennedy learned he had spasmodic dysphonia, according to NBC News. About 50,000 people in North America live with spasmodic dysphonia, according to ...