Discovered in 1909 by a French otolaryngologist named Étienne Lombard, the Lombard Effect refers to a reflexive tendency for animals to increase the volume of their vocal efforts when in loud environments.
This effect refers especially to the human version of this tendency to increase the effort we put into speaking—using more force to amp up the loudnes…
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