diff --git a/js/common/view/BothHandsPDOMNode.js b/js/common/view/BothHandsPDOMNode.js
index 8f9ad6c5..d2087802 100644
--- a/js/common/view/BothHandsPDOMNode.js
+++ b/js/common/view/BothHandsPDOMNode.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import Utterance from '../../../../utterance-queue/js/Utterance.js';
 import ratioAndProportion from '../../ratioAndProportion.js';
 import ratioAndProportionStrings from '../../ratioAndProportionStrings.js';
 import BothHandsInteractionListener from './BothHandsInteractionListener.js';
+import ViewSounds from './sound/ViewSounds.js';
 
 class BothHandsPDOMNode extends Node {
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class BothHandsPDOMNode extends Node {
    * @param {Property.<number>} unclampedFitnessProperty
    * @param {RatioDescriber} ratioDescriber
    * @param {BothHandsDescriber} bothHandsDescriber
-   * @param {ViewSounds} viewSounds
+   * @param {BooleanProperty} playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty
    * @param {BooleanProperty} ratioLockedProperty
    * @param {Property.<number>} targetRatioProperty
    * @param {function(RatioTerm):number} getIdealTerm
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class BothHandsPDOMNode extends Node {
                unclampedFitnessProperty,
                ratioDescriber,
                bothHandsDescriber,
-               viewSounds,
+               playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty,
                ratioLockedProperty,
                targetRatioProperty,
                getIdealTerm,
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ class BothHandsPDOMNode extends Node {
     this.consequentInteractedWithProperty = new BooleanProperty( false );
     this.bothHandsFocusedProperty = new BooleanProperty( false );
 
+    this.viewSounds = new ViewSounds( tickMarkRangeProperty, tickMarkViewProperty, playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty );
+
     Property.multilink( [
       this.antecedentInteractedWithProperty,
       this.consequentInteractedWithProperty
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ class BothHandsPDOMNode extends Node {
     // @private
     this.bothHandsInteractionListener = new BothHandsInteractionListener( interactiveNode, ratioTupleProperty,
       this.antecedentInteractedWithProperty, this.consequentInteractedWithProperty, enabledRatioTermsRangeProperty, tickMarkRangeProperty, keyboardStep,
-      viewSounds.boundarySoundClip, viewSounds.tickMarkBumpSoundClip, ratioLockedProperty, targetRatioProperty, getIdealTerm, {
+      this.viewSounds.boundarySoundClip, this.viewSounds.tickMarkBumpSoundClip, ratioLockedProperty, targetRatioProperty, getIdealTerm, {
         onInput: () => {
           this.alertBothHandsContextResponse();
         }
@@ -125,11 +128,11 @@ class BothHandsPDOMNode extends Node {
     interactiveNode.addInputListener( {
       focus: () => {
         this.alertBothHandsObjectResponse( tickMarkViewProperty.value );
-        viewSounds.grabSoundClip.play();
+        this.viewSounds.grabSoundClip.play();
         this.bothHandsFocusedProperty.value = true;
       },
       blur: () => {
-        viewSounds.releaseSoundClip.play();
+        this.viewSounds.releaseSoundClip.play();
         this.bothHandsFocusedProperty.value = false;
 
         // This only works because the bothHandsInteractionListener needs alt-input control resetting
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@ class BothHandsPDOMNode extends Node {
     this.bothHandsInteractionListener.reset();
     this.objectResponseUtterance.reset();
     this.contextResponseUtterance.reset();
+    this.viewSounds.reset();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/js/common/view/RAPScreenView.js b/js/common/view/RAPScreenView.js
index f7c26beb..bb484d6b 100644
--- a/js/common/view/RAPScreenView.js
+++ b/js/common/view/RAPScreenView.js
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import RatioHalf from './RatioHalf.js';
 import InProportionSoundGenerator from './sound/InProportionSoundGenerator.js';
 import MovingInProportionSoundGenerator from './sound/MovingInProportionSoundGenerator.js';
 import StaccatoFrequencySoundGenerator from './sound/StaccatoFrequencySoundGenerator.js';
-import ViewSounds from './sound/ViewSounds.js';
 import TickMarkView from './TickMarkView.js';
 import TickMarkViewRadioButtonGroup from './TickMarkViewRadioButtonGroup.js';
 
@@ -124,10 +123,6 @@ class RAPScreenView extends ScreenView {
     const playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty = new DerivedProperty( [ model.ratioFitnessProperty ],
       fitness => !model.ratio.lockedProperty.value && fitness === model.fitnessRange.min );
 
-    // @private
-    this.viewSounds = new ViewSounds( this.tickMarkRangeProperty,
-      this.tickMarkViewProperty, playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty );
-
     // by default, the keyboard step size should be half of one default tick mark width. See https://github.com/phetsims/ratio-and-proportion/issues/85
     const keyboardStep = 1 / 2 / this.tickMarkRangeProperty.value;
 
@@ -152,7 +147,7 @@ class RAPScreenView extends ScreenView {
       keyboardStep,
       model.ratio.lockedProperty,
       model.ratio.lockedProperty, // not a bug
-      this.viewSounds,
+      playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty,
       this.inProportionSoundGenerator,
       () => model.getIdealValueForTerm( RatioTerm.ANTECEDENT ), {
         handColorProperty: options.leftHandColorProperty,
@@ -183,7 +178,7 @@ class RAPScreenView extends ScreenView {
       keyboardStep,
       model.ratio.lockedProperty,
       model.ratio.lockedProperty, // not a bug
-      this.viewSounds,
+      playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty,
       this.inProportionSoundGenerator,
       () => model.getIdealValueForTerm( RatioTerm.CONSEQUENT ), {
         handColorProperty: options.rightHandColorProperty,
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ class RAPScreenView extends ScreenView {
       model.unclampedFitnessProperty,
       this.ratioDescriber,
       bothHandsDescriber,
-      this.viewSounds,
+      playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty,
       model.ratio.lockedProperty,
       model.targetRatioProperty,
       model.getIdealValueForTerm.bind( model ), merge( {
@@ -395,7 +390,6 @@ class RAPScreenView extends ScreenView {
     this.staccatoFrequencySoundGenerator.reset();
     this.inProportionSoundGenerator.reset();
     this.movingInProportionSoundGenerator.reset();
-    this.viewSounds.reset();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/js/common/view/RatioHalf.js b/js/common/view/RatioHalf.js
index 0c6614f3..51a0531d 100644
--- a/js/common/view/RatioHalf.js
+++ b/js/common/view/RatioHalf.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import RAPConstants from '../RAPConstants.js';
 import CueDisplay from './CueDisplay.js';
 import RatioHalfTickMarksNode from './RatioHalfTickMarksNode.js';
 import RatioHandNode from './RatioHandNode.js';
+import ViewSounds from './sound/ViewSounds.js';
 import TickMarkView from './TickMarkView.js';
 
 // constants
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class RatioHalf extends Rectangle {
    * @param {number} keyboardStep
    * @param {BooleanProperty} horizontalMovementAllowedProperty
    * @param {BooleanProperty} ratioLockedProperty
-   * @param {ViewSounds} viewSounds
+   * @param {BooleanProperty} playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty
    * @param {InProportionSoundGenerator} inProportionSoundGenerator
    * @param {function():number} getIdealValue - a function that gets the value of this RatioHalf term that would achieve the targetRatio
    * @param {Object} [options]
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ class RatioHalf extends Rectangle {
                keyboardStep,
                horizontalMovementAllowedProperty,
                ratioLockedProperty,
-               viewSounds,
+               playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty,
                inProportionSoundGenerator,
                getIdealValue,
                options ) {
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ class RatioHalf extends Rectangle {
     this.tickMarkViewProperty = tickMarkViewProperty;
     this.valueProperty = valueProperty;
 
+    const viewSounds = new ViewSounds( tickMarkRangeProperty, tickMarkViewProperty, playTickMarkBumpSoundProperty );
+
     // This follows the spec outlined in https://github.com/phetsims/ratio-and-proportion/issues/81
     const cueDisplayStateProperty = new DerivedProperty( [
         cueArrowsState.interactedWithKeyboardProperty,
@@ -352,6 +355,7 @@ class RatioHalf extends Rectangle {
     // @private
     this.resetRatioHalf = () => {
       this.ratioHandNode.reset();
+      viewSounds.reset();
       positionProperty.value.setX( INITIAL_X_VALUE );
       positionProperty.notifyListenersStatic();
     };