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Soft-voiced female presenters on YouTube required for hearing testing

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CariadAgain Fri 19-Dec-25 08:50:15

With damage to hearing from nerve damage in left ear in last few years I struggled with hearing those female presenters that present YouTube channels in a soft voice and don't do subtitles. I've asked them to amend their voices and/or put up subtitles and they never do. So I've just been boycotting them.

But I could do with a couple of YouTube channels by those girly-voiced women to check my hearing now. I think it's getting better and want to monitor the situation.

I'm currently having a course of treatment with an acupuncturist and my main concern is heartburn (which I've been getting daily for weeks now - grr). But I said to her last time - "Wonder if it can sort nerve damage in one ear?" and she duly added a bit for that and I have a suspicion my hearing is a bit better from that already. I have checked with an audiologist who was pretty good (much better than those pretty useless ones I saw at another place) and he was quite specific it is nerve damage that is causing the issue and not ageing.

I've got a couple more visits lined-up with her anyway - so will ask for the "ear points" to be done too. I've put the volume down noticeably on YouTube videos since my last visit - and would like to know of a couple of girlie-voice videos without subtitles - so I can monitor. I obviously binned the lot of the girlies when I thought "If they can't be bothered - then nor can I" and so have forgotten who they were.

So - any recommendations for soft/wispy voice girlie presenters on YouTube - for hearing test purposes please...

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tommyhorne Thu 25-Dec-25 02:48:12

I get where you’re coming from — it’s really frustrating when creators don’t add subtitles, especially when it would help a lot of people. Using soft-spoken videos as an informal “self-check” actually sounds like a reasonable personal benchmark, as long as you’re not treating it as anything clinical. @brainrot clicker

For very soft / wispy female voices (often too quiet for many people), you might try channels in these styles:

- ASMR-style channels (non-roleplay ones): many presenters speak extremely softly and often disable subtitles. Even if you’re not into ASMR, they’re useful for testing quiet speech.
- Soft-spoken book or poetry readers — some creators intentionally avoid projecting their voice.
- Minimalist lifestyle / journaling channels — lots of calm, low-volume narration.

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CariadAgain Thu 25-Dec-25 06:58:01

Thanks. Errr....what is ASMR?

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Nannee49 Thu 25-Dec-25 07:23:55

Long time user of asmr here CariadAgain.

The best way to explain it, for me, is if you ever get relaxing "tingles" on your scalp and down your spine from the timbre of someone's voice or a head massage, that's known as asmr - auto sensory meridian response. I find it brilliant to ease me into sleep but there's a lot of it out there and some of it it very weird and annoying.

The best recommendation I could give for your particular purpose of checking hearing levels is southernasmr. Her soft spoken voice is very clear (as well as very soothing to me) and she also does a whispered format. She's recorded thousands of videos, maybe worth a visit?

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