Yeson voice feminization surgery

[Jennygirl]

My voice is doing this squeak thing now, too.. usually involuntarily sometimes when I laugh really hard. My pitch goes up anywhere from 700-1000hz. It's what I've been calling the squeak register  It seems that resonance is working for me in that register, too. I like the way it sounds.

It only happens when I'm having a good voice day... which comes from being well hydrated and well rested. Very important for the voice!

And on that note, g'night!

[abbyt89]

I recorded a little message for you all !

http://vocaroo.com/i/s07FIdks3hsJ

This is my natural speaking voice, unlike the rainbow passage which sort of forces me into a higher pitch due to the tone and inflection and what not.

That recording is about 177hz average - it starts a bit higher and goes down towards the end, which is something I am trying to work on. I also notice that my ands and umms and much lower and more masculine sounding which is just something mental that I need to readjust to.

But yeah like I said I'm happy with where it is right now. While I don't think it's super feminine sounding yet it is definitely gender neutral enough that I have no issues passing when combined with my overall presentation. It's great being able to go out and not worry about my voice, my confidence has improved a hundred fold just in the past week or so as my voice has really started to develop.

Edit: I wish I would have recorded myself doing a normal speaking voice before surgery! According to my documents I have from my voice therapy sessions my old normal speaking voice was about 110hz - so I've seen roughly 65-70hz increase! But Jessie does have my "after" recording for the before/after video for yeson so I'll be sure to post that as soon as I get it.

[Shantel]

Abby,
    You sound good right there and it is really amazing. If your voice never moved from that point to a higher pitch it would make no difference because your voice is now unmistakable female, female, female. Kudos!

[Carlita]

I wish i knew how to find out my Hz xD

Well, I was lucky. I went to a specialist vocal coach at Charing Cross Hospital in London (the UK's main centre for all trans treatments) and she told me. I've got to admit, I was really shocked when I realised how low I spoke. I'd never thought of myself as having that deep a voice and it was quite upsetting. But then she told me she could get me into the 170s, just by doing the right training, exercises, practice, etc and suddenly I was MUCH happier. If I could combine that kind of vocal therapy and surgery, I think a normal female range should definitely be achievable.

[anjaq]

Thanks for the recent update. The pitch is ok I think, probably you will go up a notch from that still when you start speaking more, at least thats what I think was the case with Jenny? I noticed that you did not focus on resonance as you said. I think if you start doing that (again?) the voice will be even more definitely female. I personally think that as of now it is good. While not impossible, it is hard to imagine it coming from anyone not being female . So you finally got the 70 Hz as well, I remember you were worried about that. Weird though that the umms and such are lower still - but I guess these are more resonance sounds and as resonance does not change, the pitch of these sounds stays a bit lower unless one changes resonance???

[sarahb]

I recorded a little message for you all !

http://vocaroo.com/i/s07FIdks3hsJ

This is my natural speaking voice, unlike the rainbow passage which sort of forces me into a higher pitch due to the tone and inflection and what not.

That recording is about 177hz average - it starts a bit higher and goes down towards the end, which is something I am trying to work on. I also notice that my ands and umms and much lower and more masculine sounding which is just something mental that I need to readjust to.

But yeah like I said I'm happy with where it is right now. While I don't think it's super feminine sounding yet it is definitely gender neutral enough that I have no issues passing when combined with my overall presentation. It's great being able to go out and not worry about my voice, my confidence has improved a hundred fold just in the past week or so as my voice has really started to develop.

Edit: I wish I would have recorded myself doing a normal speaking voice before surgery! According to my documents I have from my voice therapy sessions my old normal speaking voice was about 110hz - so I've seen roughly 65-70hz increase! But Jessie does have my "after" recording for the before/after video for yeson so I'll be sure to post that as soon as I get it.

Very, very nice Abby! Thanks for the update!

[bullwinklle]

I recorded a little message for you all !
http://vocaroo.com/i/s07FIdks3hsJ

Amazing! 2 paws up!

[Paige0000]

I recorded a little message for you all !

http://vocaroo.com/i/s07FIdks3hsJ

Wow Abby, I just can't believe the difference, I can't wait to hear you once fully healed, if this is anything to go by you will sound amazing!

Oh also a question regarding Yeson's how long would you say it takes to get a reply back from them via email? I sent a consultation email ( with Au live Hotmail) to them a couple days ago  and have yet heard anything back.

[sarahb]

Wow Abby, I just can't believe the difference, I can't wait to hear you once fully healed, if this is anything to go by you will sound amazing!

Oh also a question regarding Yeson's how long would you say it takes to get a reply back from them via email? I sent a consultation email ( with Au live Hotmail) to them a couple days ago  and have yet heard anything back.

I got a reply within the first 24 hours. They are 16 hours ahead of me so replies usually come at odd times. Maybe check your spam folder. So far after maybe 5 or 6 emails they've responded within 24 hours, or as soon as possible when it was over a weekend.

[abbyt89]

Wow Abby, I just can't believe the difference, I can't wait to hear you once fully healed, if this is anything to go by you will sound amazing!

Oh also a question regarding Yeson's how long would you say it takes to get a reply back from them via email? I sent a consultation email ( with Au live Hotmail) to them a couple days ago  and have yet heard anything back.

My first e-mail they apparently didn't get, so I resent it after waiting like a week. Jessie was super apologetic and after that I always got a response by the next day.

[Paige0000]

Well I sent another and Jessie replied only a few hours later so I'm guessing my first email must not have been received as Jessie made no mention of it. Oh well at least things seem to be a ok now .

[abbyt89]

Hey everyone, Yeson uploaded my before/after clip. You can listen to it here:

I forgot how deep my voice used to be!!

[Bookworm]

I will look when I get home. I am glad of the good news.

[sarahb]

Well, another great example of their work. Thanks abby for sharing.

[Shantel]

Hey everyone, Yeson uploaded my before/after clip.

I forgot how deep my voice used to be!!

OMG Abby, it's like the difference between night and day, what an amazing change! Well worth every cent and all the time and effort you spent on getting it done. Thanks for sharing hon!

[Jennygirl]

Wow Abby!! Truly night and day!

[anjaq]

Whoa - thats ... O.O <3

Is this your unmodified pre-op voice and if so did you also compare pre-op trained/modified voice with post-op voice? Just asking because if I would put up my original voice now - if I can manage to actually do it - it would be probably even deeper. But I never fall back to that I think. So I would be curious to see a comparison between the voice you used daily before op compared to post-op, in case you did already modify the voice pre-op by some effort.

[abbyt89]

Thanks everyone

Whoa - thats ... O.O <3

Is this your unmodified pre-op voice and if so did you also compare pre-op trained/modified voice with post-op voice? Just asking because if I would put up my original voice now - if I can manage to actually do it - it would be probably even deeper. But I never fall back to that I think. So I would be curious to see a comparison between the voice you used daily before op compared to post-op, in case you did already modify the voice pre-op by some effort.

Yes, that is my unmodified pre-op voice. They recorded my feminine voice doing that reading, which was around 170hz.

But the pre-op voice is the one I did use daily since my feminine voice didn't sound great and was difficult to use in public. Thankfully I was only full-time for a few weeks before my surgery.

[Shantel]

Thanks everyone

Yes, that is my unmodified pre-op voice. They recorded my feminine voice doing that reading, which was around 170hz.

But the pre-op voice is the one I did use daily since my feminine voice didn't sound great and was difficult to use in public. Thankfully I was only full-time for a few weeks before my surgery.

Your darned good looking and sound terrific, so nothing is going to out you from this point on Abby, just a terrific transition! 

[abbyt89]

Your darned good looking and sound terrific, so nothing is going to out you from this point on Abby, just a terrific transition! 

Thank you! My pictures are hiding my forehead though, so those in the know can clock me pretty easily. But overall I'm happy with where I'm at at this stage.