spasmodic

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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

He also has a noticeably strained, raspy voice caused by spasmodic dysphonia, a disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box.

From BBC • May 8, 2024

Kennedy has even suggested that vaccines may have caused the disorder that affects his larynx, spasmodic dysphonia, making his voice sound tremulous or strained.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

He captures Wain's kinetic energy with his fast-talking, spasmodic swimming, and unkempt hair.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2022

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