:( I don't know (exactly), but about a week or so ago i made a connection that might be part of how insolved it. Again, i really have no idea if these things are related. People have told me, that when i answer the phone (now) and say hello, that i do NOT sound "like me" Even to the point where a colleague at work last week called me for the first time ever - we normally just work via email. They knew i had a solo office, but when they called and i answered, they were completely befuddled... and asked if "i" was there! They did NOT recognize my voice at all! My son-in-law often jokes and mimics how i answer the phone because, as he says, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU!! it is not intentional (now), but maybe i internalized the hack... I'll walk you through it... (how i say hello on the phon. ---- Say Haaaaa (very airy, back of throat) very slow. Now just say Low (but the Low is said at a "note" higher, as if I'm asking as question, like there is a question mark at the end) Haaaa Low? [Saying Hello on the phone is, to me, basically asking the question "Who's calling me?"] Now, say that Haaaa in almost the lowest note or octave you can. Haaa [in low octave] Low? [In a higher note] I was in choir in HS... have always loved singing (would never stutter, of course!!) If i take a HUGE step back - and i only recently started putting these peices together - I partly think i HACKED my "phone speaking block" by subtly (in an almost imperceptible way, to a stranger) started "singing" HaaaLow? into the receiver. People who do not know me/my voice... don't have a clue... But, people who do... can't even recognize me. ? Not sure if that IS what I'm doing... but, a part of me thinks it makes some sense. I wish u luck!