'The vocal cords don't come together in my instance and the case of others with spasmodic dysphonia.'
'When you communicate, your vocal cords push together and create the sound,' Pegues explained. Pegues says he was told there is no cure for the illness and that it is linked to something in the brain while working with physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. It is a rare illness caused in laryngeal muscles, which results in a shaky voice.
Jeff Pegues voice chose a rough path due to a medical condition called Spasmodic Dysphonia.