Spasmodic dysphonia: A psychogenic voice disorder which has neurological origins. The vocal fold muscles spasm involuntarily during speech. May be caused by psychological factors as well as other conditions. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Spasmodic dysphonia is available below.
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Spasmodic dysphonia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Spasmodic dysphonia, or a subtype of Spasmodic dysphonia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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