diff --git a/code/game/sound.dm b/code/game/sound.dm
index db2ee47365..3b37f0c8eb 100644
--- a/code/game/sound.dm
+++ b/code/game/sound.dm
@@ -402,7 +402,9 @@ var/list/species_sound_map = list(
  * get_species_sound(H.species.species_sounds_male)["emote"] // If we're male, and want an emote sound gendered correctly.
 */
 /proc/get_species_sound(var/sounds)
-	return species_sound_map[sounds]
+	if(!islist(species_sound_map[sounds])) // We check here if this list actually has anything in it, or if we're about to return a null index
+		return null // Shitty failsafe but better than rewriting an entire litany of procs rn when I'm low on time - Rykka // list('modular_chomp/sound/voice/silence.ogg')
+	return species_sound_map[sounds] // Otherwise, successfully return our sound
 
 /*
  * The following helper proc will select a species' default sounds - useful for if we're set to "Unset"
diff --git a/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_cough.dm b/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_cough.dm
index e30b0be3fd..45323390eb 100644
--- a/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_cough.dm
+++ b/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_cough.dm
@@ -19,8 +19,14 @@
 	if(ishuman(user) && !check_synthetic(user))
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
 		var/vol = H.species.cough_volume
+		var/s = get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(H))["cough"]
+		if(!s && !(get_species_sound(H.species.species_sounds) == "None")) // Failsafe, so we always use the default cough/etc sounds. None will cancel out anyways.
+			if(H.identifying_gender == FEMALE)
+				s = get_species_sound("Human Female")["cough"]
+			else // Update this if we ever get herm/etc sounds.
+				s = get_species_sound("Human Male")["cough"]
 		return list(
-				"sound" = get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(H))["cough"],
+				"sound" = s,
 				"vol" = vol,
 				"volchannel" = VOLUME_CHANNEL_SPECIES_SOUNDS
 			)
diff --git a/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_sneeze.dm b/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_sneeze.dm
index 3d745fa1b7..b3a0a2ba16 100644
--- a/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_sneeze.dm
+++ b/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audible_sneeze.dm
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
 		// CHOMPEdit Start: Standardize Species Sounds
 		var/vol = H.species.sneeze_volume
+		var/s = get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(H))["sneeze"]
+		if(!s && !(get_species_sound(H.species.species_sounds) == "None")) // Failsafe, so we always use the default sneeze/etc sounds. None will cancel out anyways.
+			if(H.identifying_gender == FEMALE)
+				s = get_species_sound("Human Female")["sneeze"]
+			else // Update this if we ever get herm/etc sounds.
+				s = get_species_sound("Human Male")["sneeze"]
 		return list(
-				"sound" = get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(H))["sneeze"],
+				"sound" = s,
 				"vol" = vol,
 				"exr" = 20,
 				"volchannel" = VOLUME_CHANNEL_SPECIES_SOUNDS
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
index 722062803c..90c0b8f42b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		if(src.death_sound_override) // Do we override the death sounds from our species list - used by only a few specific mobs. If we do, do the next one instead
 			playsound(src, death_sound_override, 50, 1, 20, volume_channel = VOLUME_CHANNEL_SPECIES_SOUNDS)
 		else
-			playsound(src, pick(get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(src))["death"]), 50, 1, 20, volume_channel = VOLUME_CHANNEL_SPECIES_SOUNDS)
+			if(!ishuman(src)) // Safety, we're not going to double up on death noises if we're not human.
+				playsound(src, pick(get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(src))["death"]), 50, 1, 20, volume_channel = VOLUME_CHANNEL_SPECIES_SOUNDS)
 	// CHOMPStation Add End
 
 	. = ..()
diff --git a/modular_chomp/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audiable.dm b/modular_chomp/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audiable.dm
index b01c5c2f37..72273a8664 100644
--- a/modular_chomp/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audiable.dm
+++ b/modular_chomp/code/modules/emotes/definitions/audiable.dm
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
 	// CHOMPEdit: Standardize Species Sounds Getters
 	var/vol = H.species.gasp_volume
+	var/s = get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(H))["gasp"]
+	if(!s && !(get_species_sound(H.species.species_sounds) == "None")) // Failsafe, so we always use the default gasp/etc sounds. None will cancel out anyways.
+		if(H.identifying_gender == FEMALE)
+			s = get_species_sound("Human Female")["gasp"]
+		else // Update this if we ever get herm/etc sounds.
+			s = get_species_sound("Human Male")["gasp"]
 	return list(
-			"sound" = get_species_sound(get_gendered_sound(H))["gasp"],
+			"sound" = s,
 			"vol" = vol,
 			"volchannel" = VOLUME_CHANNEL_SPECIES_SOUNDS
 		)
diff --git a/modular_chomp/sound/voice/silence.ogg b/modular_chomp/sound/voice/silence.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41ee44cd04
Binary files /dev/null and b/modular_chomp/sound/voice/silence.ogg differ