Why does our voice sound differently when recorded?

1/25/2018

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Personality Story: Why does our voice sound differently when recorded?

In this article you will learn why people don't like their own voice while others may find it nice.

All of us, probably, heard his/her voice recorded and, no doubt, many felt it was some stranger speaking. To some of us our own voice seems higher or sharper but it's never like what we are used to hear while our conversations. Besides, small children have no idea who is speaking when they hear their own recorded voice.

Let's try to understand why this happens.

Personality Story: - External sound vibrations reach eardrums without obstruction. - The voice is heard sharper and stronger.

Personality Story: - sound vibrations pass through cranial bones and inner tissue, that changes the perception of your voice. - The voice feels softer and lower.

Thus, people around us hear our voice through outside sound vibrations, same as we do when we hear our voice recorded.

But it doesn't mean you have an ugly voice. It's just a psychological factor coming into play: we barely recognize our own voice and react in an absolutely natural self-defense manner - we feel embarrassed.

On the contrary, your interlocutors are not surprised at your voice, and may even like it, because it's the same they always hear it.

Do you like to hear your voice recorded? Do other people like your voice? Tell us in the comments!

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What are your thoughts on this subject?

31 Comments

Ilias Tsiabardas

I hear my voice at the answer Machine and I don't like it at all 😎

Varsha Degwekar

I don’t like my recorded voice at all , I am as you said quite embarrassed. I find it harsh and grating on the ears.

Brenda Luca Difiore

I’ve always felt that my voice was too low. Whenever I get on the phone, people say “yes sir “ & it’s embarrassing. But now that I’m older, I don’t mind. At least I don’t have a high “squeaky” voice🤣

loreilly

I always thought my voice sounded different on a recording!!

Rusty

I like probably 99 percent of us hate my own voice 🙊

Yousuf Mirza

The acoustics of air transmission is different from that of bone transmission plus the resonance in the sinuses.

osenm

terryscottboykie, SO WHAT, TERRY?

Janette Lee Scott

Thank you for the explanation. I neber Knew why my voice sounds so foreign to me.

Jerry Stanfield

Go back to school and learn the difference between an adverb and an adjective Heather Nicely,

drmargiem

I’m always amazed how much higher my voice sounds on a recording.

Bette Rae Lund Watkins

terryscottboykie....”we appreciate you waiting for the next available representative”...DRIVES ME BATTY!!! ....especially when it repeats several times on a recorded message 😵😵

Kathleen Whay

Margie Wilson, Sorry, but had to put my two cents in on this one! The correct word is “differently”. You need the adverb-differently-which modifies the verb (does sound)! Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns/adverbs modify adjectives, verbs and other adverbs/hence-differently, the adverb is correct here!

Amar Dhillon

Was aware of this phenomenon.

Karla Crary

Always wondered about this. Now I know!

John Puza

I thought and wondered why.

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