8. Your nose shapes the sound of your voice. What we hear when people speak and sing is in large part related to the resonating structures of the throat and nose. Your voice is produced in the larynx but that sound is really a buzzing sound.

Can we listen with our eyes?

A person doesn’t have to look at you to hear you. People don’t listen with their eyes. Or do they? The impact of eye contact is so powerful because it is instinctive and connected with humans’ early survival patterns.

Can we listen only with our ears?

We don’t just listen with our ears but also with our eyes – watch and pick up the additional information being transmitted via non-verbal communication. See our page: Non-verbal Communication.