Re:Bose Hearphones
by nilkn on Friday December 09, 2016 @01:51PM
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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 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.
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Do 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.
It is low-ish, but not abnormally or excessively so.
That'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.
It'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.)
In any case, talk to a doctor about it. Perhaps a speech and language therapist could help you.
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