diff --git a/src/dialogs/tts-try/dialog-tts-try.ts b/src/dialogs/tts-try/dialog-tts-try.ts
index 025d647d38..113b5345ca 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/tts-try/dialog-tts-try.ts
+++ b/src/dialogs/tts-try/dialog-tts-try.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ export class TTSTryDialog extends LitElement {
     string
   >;
 
-  private _audio?: HTMLAudioElement;
-
   public showDialog(params: TTSTryDialogParams) {
     this._params = params;
     this._valid = Boolean(this._defaultMessage);
@@ -39,14 +37,6 @@ export class TTSTryDialog extends LitElement {
 
   public closeDialog() {
     this._params = undefined;
-    if (this._audio) {
-      this._audio.pause();
-      this._audio.removeEventListener("ended", this._audioEnded);
-      this._audio.removeEventListener("canplaythrough", this._audioCanPlay);
-      this._audio.removeEventListener("playing", this._audioPlaying);
-      this._audio.removeEventListener("error", this._audioError);
-      this._audio = undefined;
-    }
     fireEvent(this, "dialog-closed", { dialog: this.localName });
   }
 
@@ -140,13 +130,9 @@ export class TTSTryDialog extends LitElement {
 
     this._loadingExample = true;
 
-    if (!this._audio) {
-      this._audio = new Audio();
-      this._audio.addEventListener("ended", this._audioEnded);
-      this._audio.addEventListener("canplaythrough", this._audioCanPlay);
-      this._audio.addEventListener("playing", this._audioPlaying);
-      this._audio.addEventListener("error", this._audioError);
-    }
+    const audio = new Audio();
+    audio.play();
+
     let url;
     try {
       const result = await convertTextToSpeech(this.hass, {
@@ -164,27 +150,17 @@ export class TTSTryDialog extends LitElement {
       });
       return;
     }
-    this._audio.src = url;
+    audio.src = url;
+    audio.addEventListener("canplaythrough", () => audio.play());
+    audio.addEventListener("playing", () => {
+      this._loadingExample = false;
+    });
+    audio.addEventListener("error", () => {
+      showAlertDialog(this, { title: "Error playing audio." });
+      this._loadingExample = false;
+    });
   }
 
-  private _audioCanPlay = () => {
-    this._audio?.play();
-  };
-
-  private _audioPlaying = () => {
-    this._loadingExample = false;
-  };
-
-  private _audioError = () => {
-    showAlertDialog(this, { title: "Error playing audio." });
-    this._loadingExample = false;
-    this._audio?.removeAttribute("src");
-  };
-
-  private _audioEnded = () => {
-    this._audio?.removeAttribute("src");
-  };
-
   static get styles(): CSSResultGroup {
     return css`
       ha-dialog {