Whenever I hear a tape of myself talking, I sound so different than I sound to myself. Why is that?

Question

Whenever I hear a tape of myself talking, I sound so different than I sound to myself. Why is that?

Answer 1

You hear yourself mostly through the sinus cavities and bones in your head.  You don't hear much of your voice from your mouth through the air to your ears.  The cavities and bones in your head color your voice and make it sound different from the way everybody else hears you.  When you hear yourself from a tape or something like that, that is how other people hear you.  Well, unless it's a really cheap, tinny, tape recorder.  Most people don't like their own voice when they hear it from a recording because it sounds so different to them.

Answer 2

just different sound quality.. I sound different on the phone than I do in person..

Answer 3

i dont know... probably the way you hear yourself is different from the way other people hear you.