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

Kennedy Jr.’s voice. “No offense ... speaks the way he does because he was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder known as spasmodic dysphonia in 1996. Another person slammed Charles ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has struggled for decades with a rare disorder affecting his speech, causing his voice to sound strained and raspy when he speaks.

Throughout RFK Jr's time on the campaign trail, many wondered about his raspy voice and what sounded like difficulty speaking or straining to get words out. Kennedy has a rare disorder called ...