Why are we annoying own voice

Why is the sound of his own voice, recorded on tape, annoying us? Why it seems squeaky voice, low and not ours? In fact we hear other people? The answers to these puzzling questions, we gathered in a new article.

I am sure you have often faced with the fact that your own voice in the recording seems alien, squeaky, high-pitched, rough and not so melodious as we used to hear it in your head.

The good news is that you are not alone. All of us annoying sound of his own voice in the recording, and there's nothing you can do about it. Another question is, why it happens and how to actually hear us all the rest of the world?

We have tried to look into the matter and prepared a paper which in plain language to explain to you, what happens with the sound of your voice when you hear it from outside sources rather than within the themselves.

How we perceive sounds

We begin with a brief excursion into the anatomy. Our ear consists of three main parts: the outer, middle and inner ear.

The outer ear is on the outside of our head, and we can see him. It opens the ear canal and eardrum separates the canal from the middle ear.

The middle ear consists of three bones, which are the main sound conductors. They amplify and transmit sound to the inner ear.

Inner ear - this is the last stop on the way to the brain. It houses cochlea, which converts sound into neurological signals and passes through the auditory nerve to the brain.

Any sound that we perceive - a series of vibrations. Vibration passes through the three middle ear bones, and is transmitted to the ear cochlea.

What do you hear when you talk

The first thing to understand that sound - is a series of vibrations. This vibration is passed through the bones of the middle ear and reaches the cochlea, after which already reaches the brain in the form of neurological signal.

There are two different ways in which fluctuations can reach our ears:

1. By Air. So we perceive external noise: music, a third-party speech and sound of his own voice in the recording.
2. Through the bones. So we perceive internal noises, such as the vibration of the vocal cords.

It turns out that you can hear your own voice as a mixture of sounds transmitted through the air and through the bones. This cacophony able to hear only you and nobody else.

What happens when you can hear your voice

In this case, until you do not reach the sound transmitted through the bones, and you get a sound transmitted by air. That is part of the sound is lost, and at the output you get an unfamiliar sound.

Why you own voice is annoying

Here your brain to play with you a malicious joke. The fact is that in your head inner voice can sound the way you want to. You may even feel that your voice is like the voice of Andrei Malakhov or Vera Brezhnev. The irony is that you are the only person who can hear your voice in such a way.

In reality, your true voice can be lower and squeaky - just not the way you are used to hear it within yourself. And this difference annoys you.

Therefore, immediately I want to apologize for the unpleasant truth, but the voice that you hear in the record, this is how you hear the rest of the world.

And if you is a little consolation, I want to say that we all sail in the same boat. None of us do not like the sound of his own voice on the tape, and from this we can not escape.