Notable Cases
- Scott Adams, the creator of the comic strip Dilbert.
- Frank Allison, musician, leader of Frank Allison and the Odd Sox
- Johnny Bush, country & western musician and songwriter
- Keath Fraser, Canadian author who has documented the challenges and treatment of his condition in the book The Voice Gallery: Travels With a Glass Throat (2002).
- Sjors Fröhlich, former Dutch radio presenter, who had to give up his job as a presenter due to this disease.
- Chip Hanauer, American hydroplane racing driver
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., son of United States Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, political and environmental activist
- Fred Lavery, a music producer, writer, musician, and recording studio co-owner from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Was lead singer of recording group Road and was later a solo artist, but developed the condition in the 1980s, and was forced to quit singing. Receives injections to keep voice fairly normal.
- Emily Lim, award-winning author of children's picture books.
- Mary Lou Lord, indie folk musician.
- Andy MacWilliams, former radio broadcaster for the Cincinnati Stingers, Chicago Blackhawks and Cincinnati Cyclones.
- Darryl McDaniels of the rap group Run DMC
- Lianne Morgan (singer/songwriter, in the first line up of the Spice Girls)
- Diane Rehm, host of the The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio (NPR).
- Mark Stuart, American Christian rock musician (Audio Adrenaline)
- Linda Thompson, British folk-rock musician.
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