"Boing" sound when typing

I don't really know how to phrase this question, but here goes.
Lately, when working either in a browser (Firefox) or when writing an email (Thunderbird), while I'm typing I'll start to get a "boing" sound with every keystroke, and then the keystrokes won't register on the screen. It's as if I'm overloading the system, but, of course, I don't really type that fast. I'm just using a regular aluminum keyboard as I always do. There is no touchpad or anything that might be causing problems.
The computer is otherwise operating normally.
How do I troubleshoot this problem? Let me know if there are further details to provide.
Thanks.

Thanks, Carolyn, but it was already deselected.
And when this happens, not only is there the "boing" sound, which isn't one of the Apple sounds listed, anyway, but the computer stops taking input until I stop for a couple seconds. It only occurs when I am typing, and only in the middle of a long input.
Maybe it's Firefox or Thunderbird, although it's strange that it would happen on both.

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