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PL but this is it. High dose taken suddenly (ie not going from a starting low dose and gradually increasing) is what causes the squeaky FTM voice. IIRC it's due in part to the fact that the female larynx is smaller, and laryngeal cartilage ossification that occurs during puberty and further limits vocal chords lengthening on T. Damaging vocal chords by trying to force your voice deeper also contributes, as well as speaking from the nose instead of the chest (which women naturally do). Because women typically do not have high exposure to T the voice sounds unnatural compared to a deeper cis woman, and nasally compared to a cis man.Kalvin Garrah suggested this comes from an excessively high dose of testosterone. I agree that there’s a distinct FTM voice that is also different from a woman’s deep natural voice or what you would get if you used software to pitch a woman’s voice down.
Going on a low dose myself (and never needing to increase it) plus training myself to talk from my chest for years, I never had the "FTM voice". Can post vocaroo if people want/need proof, but IMO the typical ftm voice comes mostly from these women talking like women, just in a deeper pitch, which comes off as nasally. Ironically they don't even read as gay male voices to me, which is the cope I see most often with ftms. Hope this helps.