It needs a big fricken hole in it to properly expel your exhale and to prevent the muffling and distortion of your voice. We don't actually have any handicap as to sound like Darth Vader. It violates the laws of Nature to suppress the proper expelling of your exhale.
Ever been more than 30 feet deep and your regulator malfunctioned? Your life flashes before your very eyes.
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