It gets loud and they never stop playing with it on high volume. Lots of laughs with the baby dancing and babbling into it to hear it repeat her.Lots of other laughs by the older kids for the ridiculousness they say into that thing, and when they turn it on while I'm yelling at them. Drives me nuts but I suppose I knew this was going to be the case upon purchase and I bought the dang thing anyway, so. 5 stars for its functioning well for its intended purpose. Lol