spasmodic
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The artist explained that she made a career change in 2014 after being diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia in 2011, a rare neurological condition that has paralysed her voice box.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
My symptoms matched all the descriptions for the rarer form of the disorder, called abductor spasmodic dysphonia.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Laryngeal dystonia, known previously as spasmodic dysphonia, is a rare condition that affects over 50,000 people in the US and Canada.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024
“We just don’t know what brings it on,” said Dr. Michael Johns, director of the USC Voice Center and an authority on spasmodic dysphonia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
She sits and her cane flexes against the gravel and the boy clicks his buttons in spasmodic flurries.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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