Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric developmental disorder characterized by rapid, recurrent, non-rhythmic movements (motor tics) and vocalizations (vocal tics) [ 1].
Or the vocal tics of a couple of secondary characters?
Autumn Scoggan gibbers, trapped in her vocal tics.
And some of those mannerisms and vocal tics don't even work for Ms. Carey.
Mr. Davis has Tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary motor and vocal tics.
The catalyst for Touretteshero was the surreal nature of my vocal tics.
My vocal tics are a central part of the Touretteshero website.
"They were talking in such a panicky way and having vocal tics and twitches as they spoke," says Abbott.
The psychiatrist in the nursing home stopped the Risperdal, which can cause twitching and vocal tics, and prescribed a sedative and two other antipsychotics.
While my vocal tics present problems of their own, the uncontrollable movements I make have the biggest impact on my life.
These terms of endearment are vocal "tics" that people "just do," as involuntary as blinks or sneezes, and just as meaningless.
