Our Voice 2020

2020 Issue of "Our Voice" Our Voice is the newsletter of the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association that is published annually. This issue was published in October 2020. The theme of…

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World Voice Day 2020

World Voice Day is celebrated every April 16th with the main goal of increasing public awareness throughout the world of the importance of the voice and impact of voice problems. The 2020 theme for World Voice Day is “FOCUS ON YOUR VOICE.”

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World Voice Day 2020

World Voice Day 2020 World Voice Day is celebrated every April 16th with the main goal of increasing public awareness throughout the world of the importance of the voice and…

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NSDA 110 Challenge

Angels that have impacted the NSDA over the past 30 years To my great friends in the NSDA Community, As many of you know, I have lived with the voice…

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Jane Gordon joins Board

Jane Gordon joins the NSDA Board, effective April, 2019. Jane is committed to a better understanding of the epidemiology of SD so that there are better standardsin diagnosis and outcomes.

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Embrace Your Voice

Advice from CEOs with voice disorders — "Embrace it!" We interviewed two CEOs with spasmodic dysphonia, Kevin Hancock from Hancock Lumber and Jaime Schmidt from Schmidt Naturals. In both interviews, the focus…

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Sodium Oxybate

Sodium Oxybate is being tested as a potential treatment option for spasmodic dysphonia Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD Sodium Oxybate, also known as Xyrem, is being tested as a potential treatment…

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Find Support

CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH No one understands what you are going through better than someone who also lives with a voice disorder. Most people…

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