I’ve noticed, especially in younger women, that they tend to speak low to where then end of the sentence goes into a growl almost. I don’t know how to explain it. There is one person at my office that does this and every other sentence is low and growly at the end. I know this person can speak up and sharp like humans are supposed to.

The more I hear it, the more it grates on me.....

Yup, that’s it. Guess I need to watch the Today Show more often to stay up with the latest trends

Thanks.

I used to think that, too. Eventually my wife was texting me in the living room. Just for grins, have your hearing checked.

A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to, and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem. The Doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband could perform to give the Doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.

"Here's what you do," said the Doctor, "stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone, see if she hears you.

If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response."

That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the den.

He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens." Then in a normal tone he asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?" No response.

So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?" Still no response.

Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?" Again he gets no response so; He walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away.

"Honey, what's for dinner?" Again there is no response. So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"

"James, for the FIFTH time I've said, CHICKEN!"

Some of the women I work with are like this too. Hard to hear them talk unless they are looking at me or standing close. I think they could talk louder, but I am beginning to question how much of it is my own hearing going south.

I just tell them to get the cock out of their mouths and speak up.

Of course I say that to all of them, men - women - it's - or's.

I have noticed this trend too. Especially when my hearing aid batteries are running low.

I am hard of hearing. I have significant high frequency hearing loss and it's getting worse. It's exacerbated by a nasty case of tinnitus. I have known this for years. My wife and family have known it for years.

And yet, people will NOT speak up when I say "What?"

So, I've started just ignoring them. And when they get pissed because I'm ignoring them I just say "Well, you know I can't hear. I assumed if it was important, you'd have spoken up loud enough that I could hear you."

That fixes the problem for about 20 minutes...

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I just had that experience, I get my arthritis medicine tru a mail order speciality pharmacy (it real expensive) now I do not have a hearing problem, tinnitus yes. The lady that was setting up the delivery has a set of questions that she has to ask me(every damn time I place a order) and invariably I have to ask her to repeat a bunch of the questions because she mumbles or she lets her voice trail off so I can’t hear all of the question. It looks like after being asked to repeat half of the questions she would speak clearly, but no too easy.

HRK - LOL hahaha that's great!

Vocal fry!! Oh man this drives me nuts. Howard Stern has talked about this a few times and it’s absolutely hilarious. It drives him mad too.

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Originally posted by dwright1951:
I just had that experience, I get my arthritis medicine tru a mail order speciality pharmacy (it real expensive) now I do not have a hearing problem, tinnitus yes. The lady that was setting up the delivery has a set of questions that she has to ask me(every damn time I place a order) and invariably I have to ask her to repeat a bunch of the questions because she mumbles or she lets her voice trail off so I can’t hear all of the question. It looks like after being asked to repeat half of the questions she would speak clearly, but no too easy.

My wife can’t be bothered to speak up, what makes you think that person is going to bother? Even after it’s led to some huge fights, a few days later it’s back to soft spoken and trailing off to nothing on the last few words.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
My wife can’t be bothered to speak up, what makes you think that person is going to bother? Even after it’s led to some huge fights, a few days later it’s back to soft spoken and trailing off to nothing on the last few words.

I simply don't hear people who talk like that, wife, child, or anyone.

"Oh, you were saying something???"

I freaking hate it.

I work with a bunch of women and girls who do this. I really don't understand why.

I blame the Kardashians

Listen to NPR sometime (if you dare). The professional announcers or interviewers speak clearly but the female interviewees have baaad vocal fry. I can't stand it.

It makes work difficult. I have hearing aids and my hearing loss is most pronounced in the female vocal range so it's a double whammy. If it's important they'll repeat it or speak louder or not.

If I am dealing with somebody who does not speak clearly, I just say, politely, "I am hearing impaired and I do not understand what you are saying. Would you mind writing it for me?"

The person will usually speak clearly, or write for me. Either way works.