What causes someone to have a deep voice?

As your larynx grows, your vocal cords grow longer and thicker. Also, your facial bones begin to grow. Cavities in the sinuses, the nose, and the back of the throat grow bigger, creating more space in the face that gives your voice more room to echo. All of these factors cause your voice to get deeper.

Why are deep voices attractive?

Women find men with deep voices sexy, because deep voices are associated with high testosterone, which suggests the men will produce healthy children.

Do deeper voices sound better?

You’ve listened to radio ads and podcasts. And you’ve come to realize that deep voices, in general, sound much better. Voice actors, professionals who use their vocal cords to make money, and even everyday people constantly look for ways to lower the pitch of their voice.

What does vocal fry sounds like?

Vocal fry is the lowest register (tone) of your voice characterized by its deep, creaky, breathy sound. When you speak, your vocal cords naturally close to create vibrations as air passes between them. Like a piano or guitar string, these vibrations produce sound (your voice).

Are deep voices genetic?

When we hit puberty, hormones invariably cause the voice to change. During this time the vocal folds lengthen and thicken, causing them to resonate at a lower frequency, which produces a deeper pitch (think of the strings on a guitar). Genetics also play a role in how our voices mature.

What pitch is considered a deep voice?

100-130 is average. 100 and lower is usually considered deep for a man, and 85-90 and lower is really, really, deep. As an adult you can expect to have a deeper end voice.

Why is my voice so deep and I’m a girl?

At puberty, testosterone acts to enlarge the larynx. The vocal cords also lengthen and thicken as you age, generating a deeper resonance and vibration. That’s why male voices lower and deepen at puberty, while female voices remain relatively high.

Why is my voice so deep all of a sudden?

Even if you love the sound of your morning voice, pay attention if it sticks around. “A lot of the deep, raspy voices we love are actually the product of unhealthy vocal folds, which can be due to smoking or other causes that might lead to health problems,” says Pitman.

Why does my voice sound so different to everyone else?

As the other two have said, the voice you hear sounds different to you because you hear it through reverberations in your skull. The weird thing is you’re actually the opposite of most people – this effect makes their voice sound deeper to them than it does to other people. It could be that you’re just not a very accurate judge of voice depth.

What does it mean when a man has a deep voice?

Deeper voices have been linked to having more surviving children and grandchildren, higher testosterone and lower stress hormones, and longer-term survival in men. On the other hand, deeper-voiced men are also rated by women as more likely to cheat on a partner and as less trustworthy in general.

Do men’s and women’s voices sound different when they talk to each other?

The researchers found that, when talking to attractive people, men’s voices tend to reach a deeper pitch, and both men and women increase how varied their pitch is so their voices sound more dynamic than monotonous.