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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Voice Therapy and Surgery => Topic started by: Makenzie on October 19, 2014, 04:54:25 PM

Title: Can a deep bass voice ever pass without surgery?
Post by: Makenzie on October 19, 2014, 04:54:25 PM
I am a closeted mtf trans.Im new to Susans
Title: Re: Can a deep bass voice ever pass without surgery?
Post by: Ademie on October 19, 2014, 05:44:26 PM
       Hello Makenzie! Welcome to the site! Warm hugs. Do you practice a more feminine voice? A little hard work can go along way. Like reading books out loud, talking with a supporting friend and/or family. Took me a while but after a lot of practice I was able to achieve a more feminine voice. Not perfect but that's what happens when your body is ravaged by testosterone sadly. Have you came out to any one? I would highly recommend trying to find a gender therapist to help you along the way. But any ways as I always like to say, baby steps are better then no steps at all!

Keep safe and love,

Ademie

 
Title: Re: Can a deep bass voice ever pass without surgery?
Post by: Makenzie on October 19, 2014, 09:39:52 PM
I try.I want to cone out but my parents may disown me
Title: Re: Can a deep bass voice ever pass without surgery?
Post by: anjaq on October 20, 2014, 02:50:33 AM
My personal opinion: I think it is possible, it needs some training and it has to "click". But also my personal experience is that over time it gets quite tiresome. It can work in a way that it does not harm passability too much, but people may still occasionally think it is strange. My base average pitch is about 110Hz, which is at the lower end of the male range, probably bass or close to it. My voice is now mostly neutral, so with visible appearance I can shift the perception towards female and on the phone I tend to increase pitch for some seconds initially to give the first impression. But I am getting tired of this, I still need voice therapy, using that changed voice for 15 years damaged it. Thats why I do after all consider surgery. But it is possible to do it without, it just is more work and needs constant care and good professional training to not damage the voice in the long run.