Bone conduction through the skull shapes how one hears one’s own voice

Evidence

Sound is transmitted to the inner ear not only through the outer and middle ear (that is, air conduction), but also through the bones of the head (that is, via bone conduction). For sound that propagates in air, bone-conducted sound is quieter than air-conducted sound. Thus, airconducted sound generally dominates in the perception of sound. However, vibration that is coupled mechanically to the bones of the head is effectively transmitted to the inner ear via bone conduction. Consequently, bone conduction has a significant effect, for example, on how one’s own voice is perceived. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2711

Categorization

• XREF: Explains why recordings of one’s own voice sound alien — a well-known phenomenon; connects to general audio-perception knowledge. — connects to: Head-related transfer functions encode all body-induced spectral and temporal sound changes — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1534; Head-related transfer functions encode how the head and pinna shape spatial hearing; Turning the body changes how one hears one’s own clapping — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 426 (+1 more)
• CANDY: A fun, tweetable fact: you hear your own voice through your skull, which is why recordings sound strange to you but normal to everyone else.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2711

Broader Connections

• The physical structure of the ear itself shapes and constructs perceived sound #expands (0.82) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 561
• Turning the body changes how one hears one’s own clapping #expands (0.78) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 426
• Head-related transfer functions encode how the head and pinna shape spatial hearing #expands (0.75)
• Head-related transfer functions encode all body-induced spectral and temporal sound changes #expands (0.72) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1534