Why do I hate the sound of my own voice?The biological reason recordings sound foreign

Science Around You

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Science Around You

Uncover the auditory mechanism that makes your recorded voice feel like a stranger's. When you speak, you hear a unique mix of external sound and internal vibrations conducted through your skull, adding a deeper bass quality. Recordings capture only the air-conducted waves, stripping away that internal resonance. This acoustic discrepancy reveals the unsettling truth about how you actually sound to the rest of the world.

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