When you talk on the phone, give a presentation or sing in the shower, you think you have a good idea of what your voice sounds like. But, whenever you hear a recording or watch a video of ourselves talking, you probably ask, “Do I really sound like that?”
Why does your voice sound different?
The next time someone rolls his eyes and tells you that you’re being oversensitive, let him know it’s not all in your head. When you hear yourself speak, you’re hearing a deeper version of your voice because it’s reverberating through the bones in your head. When your voice is recorded, you aren’t hearing the reverberation and it sounds higher.
Want to learn more? The Washington Post has a great video – and article – explaining it more. The writer even touches on why you may not like the way you look in photographs.
