Sound effects tag

Cough Sound Effects

Cough sound effects from a polite throat clear to a proper hacking fit. Gross, occasionally. Men, women, kids and older voices, light coughs and hard ones, some with real chesty conditions behind them. There's quiet room presence too, the odd cough in a courtroom or a church that makes a silent scene feel occupied.

Libraries
52
Publishers
22
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $499
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Recorded or designed
RecordedDesigned

Recorded means captured in the field or a studio. Designed means built from other material.

Channel format
MonoStereoM/SSurroundAmbisonic

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Embedded metadata
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All 52 libraries tagged Cough

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Collection features natural cough sound effects from diverse age groups, including authentic respiratory conditions, with varying intensities recorded from light to hard coughs.
36 files · 38 MB
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
Human mouth sound effects featuring over 300 male and female performances, encompassing breaths, sighs, coughs, yawns, and laughs recorded using close microphones at 96kHz and 192kHz.
315 files · 286 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A library of hospital sound effects from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, containing ambient room tones, distant conversations, fluorescent light hums, equipment beeps, and shuffling footsteps on tile floors.
24 files · 1.97 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Cinema atmosphere comes alive through diverse sound effects: popcorn crunching, fizzy drinks, creaky seats, audience reactions, and wrapper rustling - all recorded in high-quality 24-bit format.
377 files · 1.60 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A comprehensive collection of high-quality male mouth sound effects, including coughs, kisses, sniffs, and sneezes, recorded in 24-bit 96kHz within an acoustically treated studio.
150 files · 90 MB · Metadata

A cough does a lot of storytelling. A dry little cough can be nerves, while a wet, rattling cough says illness. Recordings here are close and clean, so you can place them yourself, and many come from wider mouth noise sets alongside Sneeze and Breathing sounds. For games, character packs include coughs among their efforts and pain reactions. Hospital dramas and horror both use them.

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