diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/megaphone.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/megaphone.dm
index 8b53e3d8ed7..43515ed5241 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/megaphone.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/megaphone.dm
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 	message = sanitize(copytext(message, 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 	if(!message)
 		return
+	message = user.handle_speech_problems(message)[1]
 	message = capitalize(message)
 	if((loc == user && !user.incapacitated()))
 		if(emagged)