"Why do we hate the sound of our own voices?"
A few days ago I read an interesting article entitled "Why do we hate the sound of our own voices?" by Neel Bhatt. The author of the text is a surgeon who specializes in treating patients with voice problems. He records his patients' voices to follow the course of treatment. It turns out that most patients feel bad hearing their own voices. Surely many people feel the same. This is due to a mixture of psychology and physiology. I learned that the sound from an audio recording is sent to the brain differently than the sound generated when speaking. People perceive their voice as deeper, nicer and more pleasant to the ear. As a result, the recorded voice sounds unattractive to them. The difference between these voices is annoying. There was a survey in which people assessed their own voice. They all rated their voices very low, in contrast to the clinicians who rated the voices of these patients much better. I understand this because I have had the same problem in the past