Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Overcomes Spasmodic Dysphonia

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/good_news_day.html

“As regular readers of my blog know, I lost my voice about 18 months ago. Permanently. It’s something exotic called Spasmodic Dysphonia. Essentially a part of the brain that controls speech just shuts down in some people, usually after you strain your voice during a bout with allergies (in my case) or some other sort of normal laryngitis.”