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The Lombard Effect Why People Get Louder in Loud Rooms

Published June 11, 2026 at 1200 × 600 in The Lombard Effect Why People Get Louder in Loud Rooms
The Lombard effect illustrated as people raising their voices to be heard over background noise in a loud, reverberant room
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