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From: Marda.Anderson@p0.f4.n393.z1.fidonet.org (Marda Anderson)
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Subject: Re: HI-HOH Speech
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Date: 2 Mar 90 05:23:51 GMT
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You know something, Laurie?  I'll let you in on a little secret.  
(grin)  Hearing people do the same thing.  Sometimes when we get 
excited, our voices get louder and/or higher in pitch and we don't 
realize it.  It's amazing, too, how people speak at such different 
levels.  Sometimes, a child learns at a young age that he/she has to 
speak loudly to get attention so then that carries over.  Some people I 
know speak very loudly on the phone, even though they may not in 
person.  Hearing people also have difficulty in really knowing how 
loudly they are speaking or how their voices sound to others, though of 
course, it's not the same thing.  But that's partly why most people 
don't like the sound of their voice on a tape recorder.  It sounds so 
different than it does in our heads.  Of course, as I said, it's 
nowhere near the same because hearing people do get a lot of feedback 
on their pronunciation and so on and they can get a general idea of hwo 
loudly they are talking. But it is interesting.
marda

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