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Symptoms include sudden, involuntary breaks in speech, a voice that sounds strained, breathy or weak, difficulty speaking fluently, especially on certain words or phrases, and worsening symptoms with stress or fatigue.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Clairo's sweet, breathy, smooth voice both mesmerized and eased the audience.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2024
Working with producer Carter Lang of SZA and Doja Cat fame, de la Fuente is no longer trying to capture the gilded vignettes of home, but rather relaxing into the bliss of fleeting moments, creating universal depictions of lust and yearning sung in breathy registers.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
In contrast, a form of the condition called abductor dysphonia causes a breathy voice with breaks on consonants due to uncontrolled abduction – meaning coming apart of the vocal folds.
—Indu Subramanian, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Clairo's sweet, breathy, smooth voice both mesmerized and eased the audience.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2024
Working with producer Carter Lang of SZA and Doja Cat fame, de la Fuente is no longer trying to capture the gilded vignettes of home, but rather relaxing into the bliss of fleeting moments, creating universal depictions of lust and yearning sung in breathy registers.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
In contrast, a form of the condition called abductor dysphonia causes a breathy voice with breaks on consonants due to uncontrolled abduction – meaning coming apart of the vocal folds.
—Indu Subramanian, The Conversation, 1 May 2025
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“Breathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breathy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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