Have You Noticed Your Voice Has Changed Since Growing Older?
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fmdog44
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No change only added grunts & moans first thing in the morning.
CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
Yes, singing voice has changed from second soprano to somewhere just above alto. If I live to be in my 90’s I will be sitting with the basses 
I hear you!Yes, singing voice has changed from second soprano to somewhere just above alto. If I live to be in my 90’s I will be sitting with the basses
I, too, was wondering what was meant by mature.
Have you had your hearing checked lately? I need to.
Lewkat
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Mine definitely change as a result of heavy smoking.
I smoked for a lot of years too but quit cigarettes a year-and-a-half ago.
PopsnTuff
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Mine got deeper, from what I can hear of it.....maybe others hear a different tone though.....by evening I have almost no voice and I'm whispering.....all from esophagus issues.
Hmmmm.........yes, I've always had a truly rich voice, better and better as I got older, especially when singing, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra always tried to mimic me, but they never really succeeded. I am of course telling you a pack of lies. 
peppermint
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Hi Twinkies....I have 2 hearing aid's....I had to get them a couple of years ago....My family had to shout to me....
When I worked in a School my desk was right near the Bell...If the alarm went off they never gave us when the alarm had to go off
for the school had to evacuate...Even when it was a false alarm....
When I retired, my ears got worse....My left one is very bad and sometimes I can't put the hearing aid in that ear....Doctor says I have
a scabish lump....whatever that means.....So I use my right ear all the time but not in bed....After all of this stuff happening I haven't
gone to the Doctor....
Camper6
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When my friend talks, to me it is barely a whisper. When we are in a car and he is driving and looking straight ahead I can hardly hear him with the sound of traffic and the car noise itself. It must be awfully frustrating for him because I'm too embarrassed to keep asking him to repeat himself. So I don't answer and I guess he thinks I'm ignoring him. I can hear high pitched voices. I can't hear low pitched voices. I stopped going to funerals because I cant hear a word clearly especially through a loud speaker system. Strangely enough if the minister is speaking without a microphone I can hear it pretty well. People tell me to get a hearing aid. I've tried them. The problem is background noise. You can't eliminate that with a hearing aid or tinnitus which I also have. At night when one of our T.V. stations sign off, they use a high pitched sound. I suppose that's for t.v. technicians to adjust t.v. sets.
That pitch is perfect for me. It masks the tinnitus perfectly.
StarSong
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Congratulations, @Ruthanne! Not an easy thing to do as every former smoker on this forum will agree.
Victor
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- midwest USA
yes for the worse. It is raspy and higher. I hate it...but nothing can be done I am told.
Drink more water, less milk, a few tips. Inhalators can change the voice in long run.
Drink more water, less milk, a few tips. Inhalators can change the voice in long run.
I try to drink more water and I don't drink milk but do eat cheese...I wonder if cheese can effect one's voice.
I do know what you mean by that.
Mine has gotten lower. I've been mistaken for a man a time or two.When I was in my younger years I had a very high voice. Over the years it has steadily gotten deeper. It is a lot deeper than when I was younger now but not quite as deep as Maude's was!
So have you noticed a change in your voice?
Same here. And sound like Sam Elliot & possibly sport the same mustache. LOL!Yes, singing voice has changed from second soprano to somewhere just above alto. If I live to be in my 90’s I will be sitting with the basses
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@Ruthanne I wonder if it's hormone related too.
I haven't noticed a change and nobody has mentioned it. My voice was never high, but I imagine now in my 60s that it's probably lower than it used to be. I did smoke for around 15 years, but quit over thirty years ago....don't think smoking had any effect in my case.When I was in my younger years I had a very high voice. Over the years it has steadily gotten deeper. It is a lot deeper than when I was younger now but not quite as deep as Maude's was!
So have you noticed a change in your voice?