diff --git a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
index 1e5056db492..5811476ad77 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // At minimum every mob has a hear_say proc.
 
-/mob/proc/hear_say(var/message, var/verb = "says", var/datum/language/language = null, var/alt_name = "",var/italics = 0, var/mob/speaker = null)
+/mob/proc/hear_say(var/message, var/verb = "says", var/datum/language/language = null, var/alt_name = "",var/italics = 0, var/mob/speaker = null, var/sound/speech_sound, var/sound_vol)
 	if(!client)
 		return
 
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 			src << "<span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] talks but you cannot hear \him."
 	else
 		src << "<span class='game say'><span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] [track][verb], <span class='message'><span class='[style]'>\"[message]\"</span></span></span>"
+		if (speech_sound)
+			var/turf/source = speaker? get_turf(speaker) : get_turf(src)
+			src.playsound_local(source, speech_sound, sound_vol, 1)
 
 
 /mob/proc/hear_radio(var/message, var/verb="says", var/datum/language/language=null, var/part_a, var/part_b, var/mob/speaker = null, var/hard_to_hear = 0, var/vname ="")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
index 465bf7adc26..462e4e015c9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
@@ -121,23 +121,14 @@
 					else if(r_ear && istype(r_ear,/obj/item/device/radio))
 						r_ear.talk_into(src,message, message_mode, verb, speaking)
 						used_radios += r_ear
-
-
-	if(used_radios.len)
-		italics = 1
-		message_range = 1
-
-	var/datum/gas_mixture/environment = loc.return_air()
-	if(environment)
-		var/pressure = environment.return_pressure()
-		if(pressure < SAY_MINIMUM_PRESSURE)
-			italics = 1
-			message_range =1
-
+	
+	var/sound/speech_sound
+	var/sound_vol
 	if((species.name == "Vox" || species.name == "Vox Armalis") && prob(20))
-		playsound(src.loc, 'sound/voice/shriek1.ogg', 50, 1)
-
-	..(message, speaking, verb, alt_name, italics, message_range, used_radios)
+		speech_sound = sound('sound/voice/shriek1.ogg')
+		sound_vol = 50
+	
+	..(message, speaking, verb, alt_name, italics, message_range, used_radios, speech_sound, sound_vol)	//ohgod we should really be passing a datum here.
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/say_understands(var/mob/other,var/datum/language/speaking = null)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
index 98d64231ec0..627882ab47a 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
@@ -81,9 +81,30 @@ var/list/department_radio_keys = list(
 		if(!istype(dongle)) return
 		if(dongle.translate_binary) return 1
 
-/mob/living/say(var/message, var/datum/language/speaking = null, var/verb="says", var/alt_name="", var/italics=0, var/message_range = world.view, var/list/used_radios = list())
+/mob/living/say(var/message, var/datum/language/speaking = null, var/verb="says", var/alt_name="", var/italics=0, var/message_range = world.view, var/list/used_radios = list(), var/sound/speech_sound, var/sound_vol)
 
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
+	
+	if(used_radios.len)
+		italics = 1
+		message_range = 1
+		
+		for(var/mob/living/M in hearers(5, src))
+			if(M != src)
+				M.show_message("<span class='notice'>[src] talks into [used_radios.len ? used_radios[1] : "radio"]</span>")
+				if (speech_sound)
+					var/turf/source = speaker? get_turf(speaker) : get_turf(src)
+					src.playsound_local(source, speech_sound, sound_vol * 0.5, 1)
+
+	var/datum/gas_mixture/environment = T.return_air()
+	if(environment)
+		var/pressure = environment.return_pressure()
+		if(pressure < SAY_MINIMUM_PRESSURE)
+			italics = 1
+			message_range = 1
+			
+			if (speech_sound)
+				sound_vol *= 0.5	//muffle the sound a bit, so it's like we're actually talking through contact
 
 	var/list/listening = list()
 	if(T)
@@ -120,15 +141,9 @@ var/list/department_radio_keys = list(
 	var/image/speech_bubble = image('icons/mob/talk.dmi',src,"h[speech_bubble_test]")
 	spawn(30) del(speech_bubble)
 
-	if(used_radios.len)
-		for(var/mob/living/M in hearers(5, src))
-			if(M != src)
-				M.show_message("<span class='notice'>[src] talks into [used_radios.len ? used_radios[1] : "radio"]</span>")
-
-
 	for(var/mob/M in listening)
 		M << speech_bubble
-		M.hear_say(message,verb,speaking,alt_name, italics, src)
+		M.hear_say(message, verb, speaking, alt_name, italics, src, speech_sound, sound_vol)
 
 
 	log_say("[name]/[key] : [message]")