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Goals: The aim of this study was to examine how small rooms and short distances affect speech prosody and voice quality. Room acoustics and distance between speakers have been explored widely, but there is no clear understanding of how relatively small rooms and short distances affect speech and its prosodic features. This study examines how prosodic features (fundamental frequency, intensity, duration) and voice quality (creaky voice) vary when distance and room changes. Methods: This study was quantitative and consisted of a speech production test. In the test, three-word sentences were focused to an object in two different rooms at four short distances. There were ten (10) participants in the test. Fundamental frequency, intensity and duration were measured from vowels in stressed and non-stressed syllables. The amount of creaky voice was also calculated. The measurements were examined using statistical methods: variance analysis of repeated measures and logistic regression analysis. Results and conclusions: The results revealed new information about the effects of small rooms and short distances on speech. Results showed that fundamental frequency and intensity increases as a function of distance. The differences between distances were statistically significant, but there were no statistically significant differences between two small room. Creaky voice was also strongly affected by distance. Logistic regression analysis predicted creaky voice for very short distances. According to this study and these findings, it seems that the speaker monitors his or her speech even when the distances are quite short. This research gives new information about speaking in small rooms and everyday speaking distances. These findings could be used in room design and voice training.