#$%^&*AU2015221540B220160915.pdf#####ABSTRACT A method of treating a human subject having spasmodic dysphonia includes providing a stimulating electrode configured to directly contact a recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve of the subject, sensing electrical activity of a synkinetically reinnervated dysfunctional muscle of the subject, generating at least one stimulation parameter, using a processor, based on the sensed electrical activity, and stimulating the recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve, using the stimulating electrode, based on the at least one stimulation parameter. A system is also provided. 26 6871139_1 (GHMatters) P97141.AU.1 AJM1/5 VOCAL CORD OPENING TETANIC ADDUCTOR CONTRACTION 60hZ 90 50hZ 30hZ 20hZ 60 30 10hZ 15 30 0 -v - t(ms) VOCAL CORD CLOSING SINGLE TWITCH ADDUCTION 60hZ 80hZ 90hZ 100hZ TETANIC ADDUCTOR CONTRACTION FIG. 1
