Why Do You Hate The Sound Of Your Own Voice?

'We hate it because it is so foreign,' said Dr. William Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University in Wisconsin. You hear your voice differently than others hear it, because the vibrations that produce sound from your vocal chords travel to your ears through bone vibrations and other internal conduits as well as through the air.

When you hear a recording of your own voice, it isn't that the sound quality is poor - it sounds strange because you are hearing it as others do, as sound transmitted only through the air. It sounds higher in pitch.