Is the voice deeper underwater?

Hey guys, for a story I'm working on, a project separate from any of my work on the Vine, I have come across an interesting dilemma (in my mind anyway).  
 
Is the voice deeper underwater? If you're Atlantian, human but with specific genetic traits that allow you to survive underwater, such as oxygen-diffusing membranes in the lungs and the ability to open your eyes in saltwater and yada yada.  
 
Most people know that the voice works by the vocal chords vibrating as air passes through the voice box and lots of other cools stuff, but would the dynamic change underwater?  Would the water move differently or make it harder for the vocal chords to move, and thus, the slower they move the lower the voice? 

I think it would.

Not sure if it would even make a sound actually, it would be like push water through a musical instrument and expecting a noise.  I think comic book logic must apply here.

Sound travels slower through water so I want to say yes?

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@Donnieman v5.1: Sound travels five times faster through water, which increases the frequency, if they could talk they would sound like the Chipmunks.       "

Another thing I thought of is bubbles, whenever I try to talk under water with the air I take down with me (granted I dont do this very often) the bubbles usually make more noise than the sound I am making so the sound from the voice sort of gets lost.

Can I just get on record, after three attempts to answer this, that I have absolutely no idea?

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@Donnieman v5.1: Sound travels five times faster through water, which increases the frequency, if they could talk they would sound like the Chipmunks.       "

Depends on the distance, the longer the higher the pitch, that is if it can actually carry. Namor actually and other Marvel fish people lip read fairly proficiently. Thor can speak anywhere, under water, space, behind sofa's in a tree, in the sun, in a rainbow. 

I would say that Atlantian's have probably evolved to the point where this is no longer a problem and their voices sound the same on land as they do underwater

It just gets distorted by the bubbles so it's like mixed frequencies popping up.

Originally, back in the Golden Age, Namor and the rest of the Atlanteans got around this question by communicating telepathically. 
 
I think your only asking part of the question.  You've forgotten how does a human voice SOUND underwater?  And the answer would be, of course, depends on who is hearing it.
 
It would also depend on HOW you breathing water and the position of your water breathing organs.  If your voice box and vocal chords are operating in water ...

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@Donnieman v5.1: Sound travels five times faster through water, which increases the frequency, if they could talk they would sound like the Chipmunks.       "

@Rheged:  I thought that was exactly what I was asking. . . LOL, anyway thanks for your namor-related insight. 

I didn't mean for the @Rheged answer to be in bold. . . dangit. 

Doppler effect! Awh dammit now I feel like chips and dip. 

Definitely, I find it astonishing.

" @TypingKira: I guess the answer is this - In space they cant hear you scream, under the water they can but it just sounds like bubbles. "

Not entirely sure, but I think conventional communication is pretty much useless underwater. Our vocal cords aren't suited for the environment and our ears aren't matched for it very well either. I think divers communicate using special sign language or else they may use transducers and receivers on their masks and communicate by ultrasound. I've heard of waterproof writing slates being used as well.  You'll have to design your Atlantean with special vocal chords and ears or stick to sign language.

" @TypingKira: If you have been under water when a boat passes the motor sounds pretty high pitched, above the water it is just a low droan.  Same idea, has to do with frequency and wavelength (though to be honest I know how this works with electromagnetic energy much better than with sound) "

 a. Most sound reception, or hearing, probably takes place through the lower jaw. Studies show that the lower jaw most effectively receives sounds with frequencies above 20 kHz (Brill, et al., 1988). A dolphin may also receive sound through soft tissue and bone surrounding the ear.

" @TypingKira:   I'm glad it served you better than my previous post. :)  Of course, I leave it to you to figure out how all that works when Atlanteans come to the surface and speak English or whatever air breather language. ;) "

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" @TypingKira:   I'm glad it served you better than my previous post. :)  Of course, I leave it to you to figure out how all that works when Atlanteans come to the surface and speak English or whatever air breather language. ;) "

Well they'll come up spontaneously speak English of course! Like Namor.   Kidding! In my book Atlantis is known to exist and is a real place, and Atlantians are considered very exotic.  "

" @Rheged: Um, it's hard to beat Everett anything. . . it is in fact very difficult to beat that.  "

" @Rheged: Well played, the only thing I can add is that I think dolphins actually communicate with bubble streams underwater too. "

I'll nerd out with you.  LOL!  Octopi are supposed to be quite intelligent.  I saw a video of one that they put food in various containers and the octopus managed to get them all open.  He could also stuff his body into surprising tiny containers.  O_O

The voice isn't any deeper, it's just that it is clearer, and you hear it better. I know that sounds weird, because when you try and speak underwater its all gargled and whatnot, but sound waves travel faster in water than in air, and human ears are not accustomed or made to hear anything of importance underwater. 

Depends but not sure, I think the pressure has something to do with it.