My classmate Sarah Sonnemann emailed this to me and I thought everyone
here would appreciate it as well. If anyone else has tricks up their
sleeves, please share!!!


"If someone comes in complaining that their own voice is boomy or
hollow, what would you adjust?? I think instinctively we would go to
the occlusion manager or low frequencies---BUT WAIT!!! Before you go
screwing around with all that, try this trick:

Ask them, If you could catch your voice, where would it be? (This may
take some time for them to comprehend, but I've found that they
eventually get it.)

-If they grab the air anywhere above their mouth (like near their
nose, or forehead, or above), then start lowering the MPO at 1k, one
dB at a time. As you adjust, ask them to show you where their voice
is moving. Keep lowering the MPO there until they say they hear their
voice coming from their mouth.

-If they grab the air anywhere below their mouth, start raising the
MPO at 1k, one dB at a time, until they can catch their voice by their
mouth.

-If they immediately grab the air by their mouth, then don't adjust
the MPO at 1k, try something else (like occlusion manager or low
frequencies, etc.)


This is the coolest thing ever! You should TOTALLY try it. I've had
it work everytime---never needed to screw around with the low
frequencies and make major changes."