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The condition is neurological, stemming from an area of the brain that causes spasms in the muscles of the voice box.
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Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Spasmodic dysphonia is a chronic neurological voice disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the muscles of the larynx (voice box), leading to interruptions in speech.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
As the surgeon general’s report highlights, alcohol is associated with approximately 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths every year, playing a role in breast, liver, colorectal, mouth, throat, esophagus and voice box cancer cases.
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Nikki Crowley, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Muscle tension dysphonia is a change in the sound or feel of your voice due to excessive muscle tension in and around the voice box, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Voice box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20box. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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