a surgery to improve muscle control by disconnecting and reconnecting nerves between your vocal cords and brain. Thyroplasty, which places an implant into a paralyzed or weak vocal cord to move a ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted a lot of attention for his raspy voice, which results ...

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

Adductor spasmodic dysphonia causes the vocal cords to slam together ... to involve abnormalities in brain areas responsible for muscle control. Kennedy has spoken candidly about his experience ...

Spasmodic dysphonia is not usually treatable with oral medications and sometimes can get better with botulinum toxin injections into the muscles that control the vocal cords. It is a lifelong ...

“Those muscles are prone to spasm or tightening ... sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to," she said.

The rock star underwent an operation on his vocal cords in 2022 and has been recovering ever since Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023.