diff --git a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
index ca0547774f9..7ccffd0fc0a 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 	if(!client)
 		return
 
+	if(speaker && !speaker.client && istype(src,/mob/dead/observer) && client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_GHOSTEARS && !speaker in view(src))
+			//Does the speaker have a client?  It's either random stuff that observers won't care about (Experiment 97B says, 'EHEHEHEHEHEHEHE')
+			//Or someone snoring.  So we make it where they won't hear it.
+		return
+
 	if(sleeping || stat == 1)
 		hear_sleep(message)
 		return
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@
 			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)
+		if (speech_sound && !istype(src, /mob/dead/observer))
 			var/turf/source = speaker? get_turf(speaker) : get_turf(src)
 			src.playsound_local(source, speech_sound, sound_vol, 1)