Here is a simple guide on how to fix No sound for NPCs, quest givers and lore items, hope this method will work for you.
No time to waste

Here’s the fix
Four steps, easy to follow.
- Press Escape key
- Go to the Options
- Change your Language to something else
- Go back to your original one
And… that’s it! You no longer deaf to Yapper’s yapping!
By AFKward