Spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological movement disorder, affects RFK Jr.’s vocal cords, causing difficulty in speaking and a strained voice.

People with spasmodic dysphonia have a range of severity, but they aren’t usually cured of the condition, Song said. However, he noted that the condition may improve when you have fewer demands ...

Mixed spasmodic dysphonia, is basically a combination the above two, and it is in fact a very rare case. This because both the muscles that open and the muscles that close the vocal folds do not ...

Types of Spasmodic Dysphonia Though rare, this disorder can still occur to about one to four people in every 100,000 and affects more women than men. There are three broad types of spasmodic ...

Roughly 50,000 people in North America have spasmodic dysphonia, the neurological condition that makes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s voice sound strained.

Spasmodic Dysphonia, aka “SD,” is a neurological condition that I’m sure most of you have never even heard of. That makes sense because it only affects roughly 50,000 people in the United ...

A rare vocal disorder, Spasmodic Dysphonia, had made it increasingly difficult to do my job as a reporter at WCBS Newsradio 880. So I left.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has said he has spasmodic dysphonia. It is a voice disorder characterized by ...

People notice that RFK Jr.'s voice sounds gravely, raspy, weak, broken and 'strangled.' He was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, a neurolgoical condition impacting vocal cords.