Former Connecticut Public journalist John Dankosky announced he has spasmodic dysphonia, the same vocal disorder Robert F.

The organisation highlights that the vocal disorder may initially present as a hoarse voice or a persistent sore throat that appears untreatable. Symptoms may progressively worsen from there ...

This can give the voice a strained, strangled quality or even result in vocal tremors while some patients are left unable to speak at all. It’s a chronic disorder and it’s not entirely clear ...

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 ...

and it makes my voice tremble.” The disorder is most often found in women but projections suggest it could affect up to 50,000 in the US and a further 40,000 here in the UK. There is currently ...

As he answered questions, viewers noted the 71-year-old's distinct voice. Kennedy previously shared that his now signature raspiness is the result of a rare neurological disorder called spasmodic ...

Kennedy Jr., known to the world as RFK Jr. for short, suffers from "spasmodic dysphonia, a specific form of an involuntary movement disorder called dystonia that affects only the voice box," ABC News ...

The Cleveland Clinic defines spasmodic dysphonia as “a rare speech disorder that affects your vocal cords, making your voice change and sound different. Your voice may break, sound tight and strained ...

Kennedy Jr.’s halting, gruff speaking voice, which at times can make him ... a muscle contraction disorder that can affect many parts of the body. In one type of vocal dystonia called lingual ...

Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a rare disorder that causes involuntary movements of the voice box, says Saul Frankford, an assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the ...