Author Archives: Hannah Hald

Introduction Tourette Syndrome (TS) is an incurable neurological disorder characterized by involuntary vocalizations and/or motor movements called tics. A survey from 2011-2012 estimated that just 0.19% of school-aged children have TS, meaning the likelihood of the average person encountering someone … Read More »

I watched a short video today about people with Tourette’s, and both of the people interviewed said that they experience a brief but significant drop in the number of tics they experience during and shortly after singing and playing instruments. … Read More »