Loud people

A lot of younger people are very loud. I think that this maybe due to the constant loud music played in their ever present earphones. I can hear the music from yards away.
Sometimes people who are hard of hearing do overcompensate for it when speaking. DH who is a little hard of hearing speaks more quietly though and we have to tell him to speak up!

Is it not a form of attention seeking.?Usually stems from ones early childhood Seen, not heard.?

I hate loud voices too. Some people have voices which naturally carry but I wonder if their spouses are hard of hearing? They may have adjusted accordingly so as not to keep on repeating themselves.
In a club I go to there is just one lady who you can hear as soon as you enter the room - she appears to have great self-confidence, so good for her. It just so happens that she was a teacher so I expect that she had to make sure that she could be heard from the back!

DD has a slight hearing loss as a result of constant ear infections as a child and does tend to speak loudly. She’s now a teacher and I think that has added to the problem! I’m quite self conscious about being overheard so tend to speak quietly. I haven’t noticed it particularly in others out and about but I do notice the people who SHOUT on GN!

My pet hate is loud people in the quiet carriage on the train. I had a very loud business woman sitting behind me recently using the journey to catch up on business calls. She had her mobile phone plugged in at my seat. I unplugged it, handed her her cable and reminded her it was the quiet carriage. Her face was a picture. She stormed off elsewhere to make her calls.

I too can never understand why people with small children in tow talk to them at the top of their voice, clearly addressing everyone. If anything, children's hearing should be the most acute and sensitive - Mummy/Daddy bellowing is not necessary and perhaps a way of saying 'Look at me - I have a child here and we are TALKING - what a wonderful parent I am!' As for bellowing adults - we have sat through many a restaurant meal with a ninety decibel diner on the next table, and struggled to hear the conversation at ours!

Fountain Pen while I totally agree yours is the right way to go about it, if I did it in the area where I live (most anywhere in Londonn) I'd more than likely to be punched (or stabbed). And the polite request would more than likely make that person talk even louder.

Here the tendency started years ago because kindergarten children were allowed to make so much noise that they had to shout to each other to hear what was being said.

In the 1970s I noticed that we had to insist that the children spoke "in a normal voice" at home.

A great part of my time as a teacher from the 1980 until I retired in 2013 was spent asking children not to shout, but to talk at a reasonable level.

I noticed while we were travelling in Europe that in Germany, France and the Netherlands, but perhaps particularly in Germany, people in shops, restaurants or other public places still talk quietly to each other and rebuke their children if they speak too loudly.

I wish the same thing was still customary here. I suppose all we can do about it is to point out to those we know well enough that we are not deaf, so the don't need to shout.

One school child actually said to me, "You'll need to shout if you want us to hear you." My reply was that I had been brought up to consider it very rude to shout at people, and I would feel ridiculous shouting, "Be quiet, please!"

I am deaf and wear hearing aids, so I do need people to talk a little louder, but there is a difference, between needing to speak louder and just being loud to get attention , sometimes though, people don't always realise they ARE being loud.

I was a teacher until I retired and I'm probably recognisable as such in some situations. I teach karate now and, when you have to reach everyone in a big space e.g. a huge leisure centre, you have to project your voice and it can become a bit of a habit. Sometimes we come off the floor and ordinary conversational tones are appropriate but I catch myself still speaking loudly. I often say, "Oops! I'm shouting!" and then quieten down. I tell people to let me know if I'm shouting. However, I do notice other people's loud conversations and I don't think I'm an offender in that way. I hope not anyway. Just tell me!

I also dislike overly loud people especially when it's obvious they want strangers to hear their worlds of wisdom

I know people who have lived with parents who were heard of hearing (not deaf), they speak very clearly but slightly louder than other people.
I agree with the comments about the ex-teachers, they come across as very firm indeed.
Unfortunately, I find screaming children and sometimes children playing loudly in the wrong place, eg: in a supermarket equally as annoying, especially when their parents are doing nothing about it.

I find that some cafes and restaurants are very noisy partly due to the.kichen areas being in full view of the customers.
The noise of clattering kitchen utensils is very off putting when all you want is a peaceful meal and a chat.
Kitchens used to be hidden behind green baize doors to keep noise to a minimum.

And parent tips on reducing the volume too!

I have a problem with DGS. He is very loud, though he can hear a whisper and whisper back. Is it trying to make yourself heard in school with bigger children that does it? His parents and I are always saying, 'I'm right here, no need to shout!' I know it can be annoying for everyone else.

Any Gran tips on reducing the volume?

I can understand people who have worked in very noisy environments for years and had to be loud to make themselves heard, and don't realise they are still doing it, or perhaps people with hearing problems but the people who do it for effect and like to draw attention to themselves are a different matter. In one of the charity shops in particular I go into quite often there is one of the volunteers who is a very loud and "jolly hockey sticks"type of person, and almost condescending in her manner, I try and avoid going in if I can see her serving, and feel quite sorry for the other volunteers who have to work beside her. I would have a permanent migraine if I had to be in her company for any length of time!

I tend to shout now because my I'm hard of hearing

I think that it partly caused by people gradually being affected by deafness - it makes them speak louder,

J10 know exactly what you mean but haven't come across it recently in the 30 set, happily. However it has become increasingly my awareness in the older of us and it most certainly linked to hearing problems and individuals denying their problem. I have never understood why people who wear specs quite happily find hearing aids a problem. I regularly hear some aids bring their own snags and frustrations so maybe that's the reason. You are allowed to be curmudgeonly (just quietly!).

Have to admit to getting annoyed in restaurants and coffee shops when someone at the next table (and have to confess nearly always a man!) insists on putting the world to rights at the top of his voice. It is not just the loudness, it is the fact that he never stops talking, his companion can't get a word in edgeways. I long for the days when cafes and restaurants had carpets on the floor, curtains at the windows, and tablecloths, it did absorb so much of the noise!

Our eldest daughter is loud. She is lovely. Kind and sweet natured. But loud! She plants her feet down like ready money (as my mum used to say!), bangs doors, drops the lid of the loo etc. I’ve tried telling her .... ?

The ones I was talking about were o ly in their 30s! More personality related than to do with ageing.

On the other hand, people with gentle, low voices are pretty irritating if your hearing is beginning to deteriorate. They give the impression that they are excluding you. Check the apparent ages of the loud ones. If into middle age, reflect that they may be in that transitional stage before they admit they need hearing aids!

There used to be a man serving in the Costa Coffee at the hospital who was loud, and thought he was funny, and tried to chat my daughter up each time we were there.
We were quite angry about having to put with him just to get a coffee.

There's a chap who serve in the Cafe Nero we go to , he's not there all the time thank goodness ! He talks all the time in a loud voice and always seems to need to make remarks about everything . He never stops , how the other baristas work with him I don't know ? Because he never stops talking he makes lots of mistakes or doesn't listen to what the customers are saying ! I'm with you the world is getting more noise pollution .