Reasons Why People Find It Strange To Hear A Record Of Their Own Voice

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JAKARTA - Have you ever tried recording your voice and were surprised to hear your own voice? You may be surprised and wondering why the sound you are used to imagining is different from what is on the recording. If the answer is yes, calm down, because you are not alone.

Many people also find it strange, they don't even like hearing their own voice recordings. Why is that?

When you hear someone else speak, sound waves travel through the air and enter your ears, then vibrate your eardrums. From here, the brain converts these vibrations into the sounds we hear.

However, when you speak, it's not just your eardrums, your vocal cords and airways vibrate. This means that you receive two sources of sound, namely the sound waves coming into the ear from the sound itself and the vibration of the vocal cords.

Dr. Yale Cohen, director of the Center for Hearing Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, says that what you hear when you speak is not the same as what other people hear.

"The sound you hear on a tape recorder is actually how it sounds," says Dr. Yale.

Actually, why people feel strange with their own voices is the unfamiliarity of listening to one's own voice in everyday life.

Many people feel such a significant difference that they feel embarrassed when they hear their voice on a recording. This was because what was on the recording was completely different from the more familiar sounds.

Annoyed by your original voice? Actually you have the option to change it. Yes, you can change your voice with special treatment with a voice therapist, which is different from speech therapy.

A voice therapist will help you to improve the rhythm of your voice with special exercises, one of which is breathing exercises. If the results are not satisfactory, you can even perform surgery to lower or raise your voice.