Subject: own voice versus recorded voice perception From: "Hornsby, Benjamin Wade Young" <ben.hornsby@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:44:22 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9B975.7D5AEF9E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, This is a bit of an odd request but I've been asked to comment on the = question "Why does one's voice sound different to them when they hear it = played back from a recording? And why do people normally dislike the = sound of their recorded voice?"=20 My own thoughts are that this has to do with the fact that we hear our = own voice via a combination of air and bone conducted sound while the = recorded voice would be via air conduction alone. I imagine there are = some differences in the transmission characteristics of sound to the = cochlea from the vocal folds via air versus the body that would also = affect our perception of the sound of our voice. That said, I did a quick search and didn't find any published research = (plenty of speculation similar to mine) discussing this topic and was = hoping some one might point me to some relevant references. Any help is = greatly appreciated.=20 =20 Take Care, =20 Ben Hornsby =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9B975.7D5AEF9E Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML dir=3Dltr><HEAD>=0A= <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dunicode">=0A= <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16809" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>=0A= <BODY>=0A= <DIV id=3DidOWAReplyText26912 dir=3Dltr>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi = All,</FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This is a bit of an odd = request but I've been asked to comment on the question "<SPAN = style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why does one’s voice = sound different to them when they hear it played back from a recording? = And why do people normally dislike the sound of their recorded voice?" = </SPAN></FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My own thoughts are that this has to do with = the fact that we hear our own voice via a combination of air and bone = conducted sound while the recorded voice would be via air conduction = alone. I imagine there are some differences in the transmission = characteristics of sound to the cochlea from the vocal folds via air = versus the body that would also affect our perception of the sound of = our voice.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That said, I did a quick search and didn't = find any published research (plenty of speculation similar to mine) = discussing this topic and was hoping some one might point me to = some relevant references. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any help is = greatly appreciated. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Take Care,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ben Hornsby</SPAN></FONT></DIV>=0A= <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C9B975.7D5AEF9E--