Do you hate the sound of your voice? What about when you hear it recorded?
It’s quite common for people to dislike the sound of their own voice. And this is something that researchers have looked at… and even come up with a whole term for “vocal congruence.”
But what the deuce is vocal congruence!?
If you’ve ever felt like your voice doesn’t really sound like your voice, this video could shine a whole load of lights on this for you!
I get super-geeky and take a deep dive into a research paper to talk about:
* Why your voice and sense of self are closely linked.
* Factors that affect how your voice affects your identity.
* The two different ways of feeling “yourself” in your voice.
* A test you can use to tell how in touch you are with your voice.
* One clear thing that makes you comfortable with your voice.
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00:00 A rambly start
01:21 What is vocal congruence?
02:17 What contributes to our voice
07:06 Interoceptive awareness: The Heartbeat Test
14:11 Results of the research
16:56 Why voicework makes our voice feel more like our voice
The paper we’re talking about is:
Crow, Karen M., Miriam Van Mersbergen, and Alexis E. Payne. ‘Vocal Congruence: The Voice and the Self Measured by Interoceptive Awareness’. Journal of Voice 35, no. 2 (2021): 324.e15-324.e28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.08.027.
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