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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a disorder called spasmodic dysphonia that makes it sound like his voice is shaking. He has said the neurological disease began to affect him when he was 42.

Kennedy suffers from a neurological condition known as spasmodic dysphonia, which causes the muscles of his voice box to spasm involuntarily, resulting in a strained voice and pain while speaking.

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Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a neurological disorder caused by dystonia (abnormal sustained muscle contraction) of the vocal cords, hence also referred to as “laryngeal dystonia”. Depending on the ...

Kennedy suffers from a neurological condition known as spasmodic dysphonia, which causes the muscles of his voice box to spasm involuntarily, resulting in a strained voice and pain while speaking.