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The typical treatment for SD is Botox injections into the larynx muscles. “You inject the muscles of the larynx with Botox, around the vocal folds, and it weakens the muscles,” Frankford says.
While there are treatments to ease the vocal cord spasms such as Botox injections, voice therapy, or thyroplasty, spasmodic dysphonia is a chronic, lifelong condition that has no cure.
There are a number of potential treatments for spasmodic dysphonia, including Botox, voice therapy, and surgery. [34] A number of medications have also been tried including anticholinergics (such as benztropine) which have been found to be effective in 40–50% of people, but which are associated with a number of side effects. [35]
Spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition, in which an abnormality in the brain’s neural network results in involuntary spasms of the muscles that open or close the vocal cords. My ...
A medical treatment involves the use of botulinum toxin (botox) or anti-reflux medicines, for example. Botox is a key treatment for voice disorders such as Spasmodic Dysphonia. [33] Voice therapy is mainly used with patients who have an underlying cause of voice misuse or abuse. [34]
The injections must be repeated, as the effects wear off and around 15% of recipients develop immunity to the toxin. There is a Type A and a Type B toxin approved for treatment of dystonia; often, those that develop resistance to Type A may be able to use Type B. [41]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia around 1996. One symptom of the rare neurological disorder is a raspy, halting voice. There is no cure for the condition, but patients ...
While there is no cure for spasmodic dysphonia, medical and psychological interventions can alleviate some of the symptoms. Medical interventions involve repeated injections of Botox into one or both of the vocal cords. This weakens the laryngeal muscles, and results in a smoother voice. [10]