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Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) was originally coined in 1983 by Morrison [2] and describes a dysphonia caused by increased muscle tension of the muscles surrounding the voice box: the laryngeal and paralaryngeal muscles. [3] MTD is a unifying diagnosis for a previously poorly categorized disease process.
The actress was diagnosed with muscle tension dysphonia, meaning “the muscles in my neck were tensing up to help my vocal cords hit each other," Williams-Paisley says. Step one was to “get my ...
Bogart–Bacall syndrome is considered a secondary muscle tension dysphonia disorder, meaning that there is an abnormality in the voice box that causes the overuse of muscles to help produce your voice. This abnormality can be caused by an underlying medical reason or a physical exertion.
For example, Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD) has been found to be a result of many different causes including the following: MTD in the presence of an organic pathology (i.e. organic type), MTD stemming from vocal use (i.e. functional type), and MTD as a result of personality and/or psychological factors (i.e. psychogenic type). [10] [12]
She was diagnosed with muscle tension dysphonia. "When we first saw her, it was hard to tell what was happening to the vocal cords themselves," says Dr. Gaelyn Garrett, executive medical director ...
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The advocate said "I felt trapped in my own body" after she lost her voice in 2022, later being diagnosed with muscle tension dysphonia. "I had to fight to be heard," she told People. "Now, no ...