have you noticed changes in your voice?

[monix]

I have been considering e-cigs for a week now and been trying to get info on them.
I have watched a lot of product reviews on youtube by both male and female veterans of various age groups.

One thing that I noticed in almost all the speakers is a unique hoarseness quality to their voice.
I don't know how to describe this. Their voice is not low, or airy, but it sounds a bit broken whilst moist (not dry at all)

I believe it's not the same change as analog smokers would suffer and it's much stronger in my opinion.
As i said, i find it very unique.


I was wondering if you guys had noticed this type of change in your voice or if changes in voice are a known side effect?

thanks

 

[stratus]

Have not notice a change personally.

 

[knobbysmoo]

I have actually been told that my voice sounds less 'gravelly" now. I would guess that most of them doing reviews were long-time smokers and that is the cause.

 

[jtpjc]

Gives me more cha... HRRMM... Gives me more character.

 

[SuziesMom]

In hindsight I sounded really nasal when I was on analogs- now there's a bit more mellow quality to it. The other difference is when I first quit I wasn't used to the extra air in my lungs and I spoke really loudly. Especially on the phone it sounded like I was screaming.

 

[monix]

interesting thanks for the feedback

 

[unfaithful]

Yeah, I have. I slur my words and talk really fast. My boyfriend can't understand me anymore lol. I find it hard to talk sometimes or maybe I'm just plain lazy.

 

[dormouse]

I can sing now. It's amazing. Not really. I still sing badly but can hold the notes longer and it doesn't make me cough. My voice seems about the same.

 

[pyro12]

A couple times this week I've actually tried to speak softly and my voice has come out much louder than I intended. I never made the connection, but maybe it doesn't take as much effort to make my voice work as it did when smoking...

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I've noticed that my voice doesn't sound like it's being sandpapered and that I can sing again!

 

[Gracchus Grey]

Monix, you're becoming a man!

 

[Gracchus Grey]

but yeah my voice is totally clear. Whatever you're talking about with videos probably has to do wtih the fact that the people making the videos smoked for twenty years before committing to vaping.

Seriously thuogh, within a month of quitting, i can breathe better, and everyone says my voice sounds more clear. I didn't even notce it until my mother said something on the phone.

But now it's allergy season and i sound like a zombie.

 

[jtpjc]

Monix, you're becoming a man!

Which, as we all know, is highly preferable.

 

[Edy]

do you mean like this voice ?
YouTube - ‪Raw Video: Homeless Man's Voice Gets Natl Buzz‬‏

i am noticing that my voice is turning into this , lol i am not kidding

 

[Maxine]

"Same change as analog smokers would suffer..."? Without "before" soundtracks there's no way to know if there was any change at all, never mind knowing sound quality of their recording equipment or from which region/country they hail, etc.

I'm pretty sure that Wolf Man Jack never vaped...

 

[monix]

hahahahahah

 

[lostknitter]

I haven't noticed a change in my voice, but I can speak more than 10 words in a row without coughing now.

 

[vward]

I have noticed a change in my voice periodically where it is hoarser. I think in my case it is a very slight allergic reaction to the juice which I find does not bother me.

 

[bander68]

My voice was almost in the tenor range before I began smoking in the late 80s. I became a bass from all the analogs. Since I began vaping instead of smoking, my range has started creeping back up. The cool part is-i can still sing just as low as when I was smoking almost 3pad!

 

[Apocalypse*Meow]

I think analogs affect your voice quite strongly. I wasn't a heavy smoker at ALL- about 6-10 cloves a day for four years- and my husband definitely told me my voice was really different. I've only been vaping for about a week so it's still lower and hoarser from smoking. No change so far...

So, I'd bet you're hearing smokers who damaged their voices over many years of smoking.