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03 Nov 2007, 5:10 am

I'm specifically wondering if anyone else makes sounds that they cannot hear. It has been pointed out to me numerous times that I make a sound at the end of some of my sentences. I think it's like a quiet grunt, in a way. I absolutely cannot hear it. Even if it's pointed out to me right after I did it, I can't recognise that I just made that sound. It disturbs me in a way-- I think because I cannot control it, because I can't even tell that I'm doing it.

I've also been a mumbler all my life. People make fun of me, usually "light-hearted" (including my partner), but it's distressing to me. Again, I can't help it. I am fully aware that I do it, even though I can't tell that I'm doing it without someone telling me that I am-- but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I still do it. No matter what I do, I can't stop mumbling when I talk. For once, I'd like someone to hear me the first time, every time I actually say something.

Another thing that I should mention is that I just discovered that I have AS, so this subject might be old news, but I would really like to hear if anyone else can relate to this.

Hopefully this is making sense...

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03 Nov 2007, 8:03 am

I don't know about the sound you can't hear, but the mumbling is probably just low volume, and that IS an AS symptom.

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03 Nov 2007, 11:51 am

bjorker wrote:

I've also been a mumbler all my life. People make fun of me, usually "light-hearted" (including my partner), but it's distressing to me. Again, I can't help it. I am fully aware that I do it, even though I can't tell that I'm doing it without someone telling me that I am-- but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I still do it. No matter what I do, I can't stop mumbling when I talk. For once, I'd like someone to hear me the first time, every time I actually say something.

this is me too. and i specially dislike when i decide to be very careful to say the words right and even so the other person asks me to repeat it.

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03 Nov 2007, 2:37 pm

tomamil wrote:

this is me too. and i specially dislike when i decide to be very careful to say the words right and even so the other person asks me to repeat it.

Yeah, exactly. I can't STAND repeating myself, either.
I know this ends up being frustrating for the people around me, but it's also exhausting for me to try and remember everything I said in the way I said it (which for some reason is always super important to me... I don't want to say it any differently), and then try and get it out again. It's a very quick way to frustrate the crap out of me.

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03 Nov 2007, 3:09 pm

bjorker wrote:

tomamil wrote:

this is me too. and i specially dislike when i decide to be very careful to say the words right and even so the other person asks me to repeat it.

I get asked to repeat myself a lot, and I know what you mean about it being frustrating. I tend to talk extremely fast, especially when I'm excited, so to be told to repeat myself when I'm excited about something can really spoil my mood!

Thinking about what I'm going to say doesn't always work for me, though, as I still seem to stumble over my words a lot even when I do have what I'm going to say carefully planned out. ;^^

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03 Nov 2007, 9:58 pm

I have a soft voice that I can project to make myself sound louder.
Whenever I mumble, I am always told to speak up.

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04 Nov 2007, 3:38 am

bjorker wrote:

tomamil wrote:

this is me too. and i specially dislike when i decide to be very careful to say the words right and even so the other person asks me to repeat it.

yes, and what i dislike most is when i only start saying a sentence and right after first or second word, which is not even essential to understand what i want say, i am interrupted and asked to repeat myself. if the people only let me finish the sentence, i believe they would understand the meaning even without the first two words.

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04 Nov 2007, 8:58 am

Me too. I mumble alot, and the people I'm talking to get frustrated and say in an arrogant tone, "you'll have to speak up". Then I yell at them. Then they say, "theres no need to shout..."
Rah!

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04 Nov 2007, 9:01 am

bjorker wrote:

This was SO me in highschool, until someone pointed it out for the second time in a row and I finally realized what I was doing. From that point on I was able to work on it enough to stop doing it. It was pretty hard to do though.

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04 Nov 2007, 10:28 am

Yeah, embarrassing. I need to stop mumbling.

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05 Nov 2007, 4:23 am

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bjorker wrote:

Thanks for your response on this part of my question. I've been wandering a lot about that.
Even if you were able to hear it and stop doing it, I'm glad to know I'm not completely alone in this.

I still can't hear it though, no matter what I do. Ho hum...

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05 Nov 2007, 4:36 am

A sigh or a grunt? Maybe record yourself when you are speaking.

I do mumble. I also tend to trail off towards the end of whatever I am saying during a
conversation. It doesnt seem to register in my mind that I am mumbling and I need to
speak up. I know when I am angry or emotional I can speak loudly and with clarity. This
tells me that the proper nerve control of the vocal cords exist but somehow it doesn't get
engaged during my everyday conversations. :roll:

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05 Nov 2007, 8:52 am

my son is the same way. gets mad if you ask him to repeat something he said because he was mumbling.

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