Is the way you hear your voice, the same the way other people hear it?

Question

when you hear yourself talk, is that how you actually sound

or is your voice in voice recordings etc. the way it sounds?

Answer 1

I know it sounds different on a recording. Mine used to sound really good on recordings and people say it sounded good on the phone. But not anymore. Sometimes I can hardly stand to hear my own voice. I just get tired of it. Guess I could shut up, couldn't I ? ! lol

What I wonder is do we look the same to others as we look in the mirror!!!

Answer 2

plzbavlbl, the answer you're looking for is bone conduction. When you talk, the bone structures in your face and cranium can conduct the sound of your voice to your eardrum, causing it to vibrate. Sound waves from your voice also are conducted through the air and cause your eardrum to vibrate. However, sound conducted through bone is going to be slightly different than sound conducted through air, with different frequencies being attenuated or amplified. This is why you sound different when you hear yourself on a recording as opposed to when you are talking:  

hearing yourself talk:  sound waves + bone conduction

hearing yourself on a recording: sound waves only

Answer 3

I think it depends on how good the voice recorder is. But, your voice is not the same way you hear it. Personally, I know because I sound smart in my head with perfect diction and enunciation, but to others I sound like I'm stoned, so there's quite a difference.

Answer 4

This bugs me too.

When I leave a message and

play it back,

a lot of times I'm surprised to hear

that I didn't sound like what I thought

that I did sound like.

Maybe its my 'imposter' voice.

Answer 5

The way that you hear yourself is not the way that others hear you. Because the sound is generated internally it sounds different to the speaker than to the audience. The way you sound on a voice recorder is the way that others hear you, and is the way that you actually sound when you speak.

Answer 6

You sound to others as you do on a recording.  That's why people can recognize your voice on the phone.  The way you sound to yourself is different because the "microphone" is inside the "speaker".

Answer 7

voice recording is the way other people hear you.

it's like when your chewing food and you think it's really loud but other people don't even hear it. when you hear yourself talk you are hearing it from the inside and the outside

Answer 8

absolutely not. To prove this all you need to do is record your own voice.  Most people do not even recognize it as their own.

Answer 9

idk this has bugged me for years

Answer 10

If you record a high quality video or sound recording while you're talking, that will probably give you the closest result.

Answer 11

Your voice always sounds different to you than it does to other people. And it sounds different to you on recordings. too.