Spasmodic dysphonia

Spasmodic dysphonia, also known as laryngeal dystonia, is a disorder in which the muscles that generate a person's voice go into periods of spasm. This results in breaks or... Wikipedia

• Specialty:  Neurology
• Symptoms:  Breaks in the voice making a person difficult to understand
• Usual onset:  30s to 50s
• Duration:  Long term
• Causes:  Unknown
• Risk factors:  Family history
• Diagnostic method:  Examination by a team of healthcare providers
• Differential diagnosis:  Stuttering, muscle tension dysphonia
• Treatment:  Botulinum toxin into the affected muscles, voice therapy, counselling, amplification devices
• Frequency:  2 per 100,000
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo