{"id":21099,"date":"2025-01-29T14:28:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21099"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:26:29","slug":"rfk-jr-has-spasmodic-dysphonia-a-condition-that-makes-his-voice-raspy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21099","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr Has Spasmodic Dysphonia, a Condition That Makes His Voice Raspy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition that causes certain muscles in the \u201cvoice box,\u201d or larynx, to spasm, often making the voice sound raspy, strained or breathy.<\/p>\n

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. started developing symptoms of the condition in 1996, when he was making most of his income from speaking engagements. He said he went from being able to speak to \u201clarge halls without any amplification<\/a>\u201d to having a chronic vocal tremor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it makes it problematic for people to listen to me,\u201d he said during a town hall last year. \u201cI cannot listen to myself on T.V.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chronic condition, which is more common among women than men<\/a>, is thought to result from problems in the part of brain that helps coordinate the movement of muscles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Roughly 500,000 people in North America<\/a> have been diagnosed with the condition, with the onset typically occurring when people are middle-aged, without an obvious explanation.<\/p>\n

The condition may run in families, although a specific gene for spasmodic dysphonia has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n

There is currently no known cure, although Botox injections and voice therapy may help reduce symptoms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spasmodic dysphonia is a neurological condition that causes certain muscles in the \u201cvoice box,\u201d or larynx, to spasm, often making the voice sound raspy, strained or breathy.Robert F. Kennedy Jr. started developing symptoms of the condition in 1996, when he was making most of his income from speaking engagements. He said he went from being able to speak to \u201clarge halls without any amplification\u201d to having a chronic vocal tremor.\u201cI think it makes it problematic for people to listen to me,\u201d he said during a town hall last year. \u201cI cannot listen to myself on T.V.\u201dThe chronic condition, which is more common among women than men, is thought to result from problems in the part of brain that helps coordinate the movement of muscles.Roughly 500,000 people in North America have been diagnosed with the condition, with the onset typically occurring when people are middle-aged, without an obvious explanation.The condition may run in families, although a specific gene for spasmodic dysphonia has not yet been identified.There is currently no known cure, although Botox injections and voice therapy may help reduce symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21101,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21102,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21099\/revisions\/21102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}