Vocal tremor

What it means

A wavering, unsteady voice that reflects involuntary and approximately sinusoidal oscillation of motor unit firings of laryngeal muscles. Vocal tremor results in low frequency modulations of voice frequency or amplitude and intermittent voice instability.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category