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I have the opposite problem. I can understand people fine in noisy environments, but I can't speak loudly enough for other people to understand me. The end resu
by nilkn 10y ago
I have the opposite problem. I can understand people fine in noisy environments, but I can't speak loudly enough for other people to understand me. The end result is pretty much the same, though. I end up not really talking to people much in super noisy environments because it's too much of a struggle for me to try to talk loudly enough.
- Cakez0r 10y agoDo you have a low voice? I think that's why I have the same problem. Lower voices don't seem to cut through noise as well as higher voices.
- nilkn 10y agoIt is low-ish, but not abnormally or excessively so.
- dsmithatx 10y agoThat's an early warning sign of Parkinson's disease. You might want to google and make sure you don't have any of the other early warning symptoms.
- amelius 10y agoIn any case, talk to a doctor about it. Perhaps a speech and language therapist could help you.
- nilkn 10y agoIt's very interesting and a little scary that you mention that because, while I don't have any of the other warning signs, my grandfather recently passed away just short of the age of 80 from complications due to Parkinson's. For my own sanity I don't want to jump to any conclusions but I'll look into it, and I thank you for the suggestion. For what it's worth my voice has been relatively low and soft my whole life, so it's not a recent change or development. (I'm currently 27.)
- goldenkek 10y agoJust grow a pair and talk louder.
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