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===Voice deepening===
===Voice deepening===


When a trans-masculine person goes on masculinizing hormone therapy, typically this will cause that person's voice to gradually become deeper.<ref name="soc 36">World Professional Association for Transgender Health. ''The Standards of Care,'' version 7. 2012. Page 36. https://wpath.org/publications/soc</ref> The process by which it happens is similar to how a cisgender man's voice dropped at puberty. The person often starts having their voice deepen 3 to 12 months after starting HRT. 1 to 2 years after starting HRT, their voice will be as deep as it is going to get.<ref name="soc 37" />
Most individuals on testosterone will experience a gradual deepening of the voice.<ref name="soc 36">World Professional Association for Transgender Health. ''The Standards of Care,'' version 7. 2012. Page 36. https://wpath.org/publications/soc</ref> In most cases, this begins after 3 to 12 months, and is finished after 1 to 2 years.<ref name="soc 37" /> Unfortunately, the changes are permanent. This means that a trans-masculine person's voice will stay as low as it got even if they stop taking HRT. Some trans-masculine people who only want their voice to deepen a little have accomplished this by taking HRT only for as long as it took to get their voice how they wanted it, and then stop taking HRT.


The voice change is permanent. This means that a trans-masculine person's voice will stay as low as it got even if they stop taking HRT. Some trans-masculine people who only want their voice to deepen a little have accomplished this by taking HRT only for as long as it took to get their voice how they wanted it, and then stop taking HRT.




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