Spasmodic dysphonia impacts about 50,000 people in North America. Here's what to know about what causes spasmodic dysphonia ...

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the vocal cords, making speech strained, breathy, or hoarse. It most commonly affects women ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia around 1996. One symptom of the rare neurological disorder is a raspy, halting voice. There is no cure for the condition, but patients can ...

That’s because he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition ... Research suggests it takes an average of four to five years for patients to get an accurate diagnosis.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a condition called spasmodic dysphonia, which causes the sound of a raspy voice due to spasms in the vocal cords.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. started developing symptoms of the condition in 1996. By Teddy Rosenbluth Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition that causes certain muscles in the “voice box ...

The nominee to lead Health and Human Services has spasmodic dysphonia, which causes his voice to sound strained and raspy when he speaks. Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological disorder that causes ...

Kennedy has a rare disorder called spasmodic dysphonia — a spasm of the vocal ... Many of Dr. Blitzer's first patients had been seen by an average of 13 doctors and other medical personnel ...

“And yet after seeing hundreds of patients, I can say it most certainly can. And it does.” Spasmodic dysphonia, or SD, can dramatically affect the lives of those who develop it, according to ...

The current treatment for patients with spasmodic dysphonia is a specialized form of botox. Patients get botox injected into their vocal cords to stop the spasms. According to Dr. Christopher ...