Focused bug report thread

Hello! All the games audio is completely messed up. All character/NPC dialogue and all player character voice/action and kemono audio. It's completely unplayable at this point. Please help...

Version: 1.004.000

• Platform: PS5
• PSN: TapperDD
• EA ID: TheGameDover
• Where in the gameworld did the issue occur? Everywhere
• If you were fighting a Kemono, which was it? All of them
• If you weren't fighting a Kemono, what were you doing when the issue occurred? The issue started in Minato during the festival (end of Ch. 1?). At first, the characters and NPC dialogue started coming out all at once and characters would talk over one another. Then, the player character voice and action audio were delayed by about 10 seconds, then totally gone. I quit and tried again today. The same issue occurs. After talking with Natsume, the issue temporarily fixed itself. Then, I traveled to other areas and the kemono audio stopped working and the NPC audio was messed up again with all the lines coming out all at once (with the character being attacked by rats). Then, I traveled to another area and there is no audio at all except for the music and the sound of the tsukumo running behind me. 
• When did this happen? I live in Japan (JST) but playing with a US PSN account. 
• How often does the bug occur? Constant
• What happens when the bug occurs? Dialogue all comes out at once and overlaps. No character voice, action, or kemono sounds.
• What should be happening instead? The sound should be working. 
• Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? No idea.
  
  

UPDATE: Feb 25 10:30 PM JST:
- I made sure my save data was uploaded, deleted the game from my PS5, and reinstalled it. So far, things seem to be working, and I have not experienced the issue again. 

UPDATE: Feb 26 2:22 PM JST: 
- I just died in a first attempt at hunting the Lavaback, and the audio problems started again. When I spawned at my tent, the action/character audio is now delayed 3-4 seconds.
- Then, I traveled to my tent to reload again... and all the audio is gone except for BGM. Closing the game entirely and restarting has fixed the issue for now. 
- Fought Dreadclaw. After it ran away the first time, my audio cut out again. Only BGM. 

UPDATE: Feb 27 10:08 PM JST: 

- Played for about 30 minutes today before running into the issue again. Fought the Lavaback and everything was fine. Afterwards, I traveled to a camp on the island and the audio effects all stopped again. Once again, closing the game and reopening fixes the issue.