College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 12 - Conceptual Questions - Page 461: 7

Answer

When people hear their own voices as they speak, they are hearing the sound waves that travel through the air but also the waves that move through the structure of the head. When people hear their own voices from a tape recorder, they are only hearing the sound waves that travel through the air.

Work Step by Step

When people hear their own voices as they speak, they are hearing the sound waves that travel through the air but also the waves that move through the structure of the head. When people hear their own voices from a tape recorder, they are only hearing the sound waves that travel through the air. This is why our voices sound different to us when we hear our voices from a recording.
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