Researchers are studying the tiny vibrations your own speech creates in earbuds.
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A September 2026 preprint investigates bone-conducted speech sensed as vibrations of an earbud's housing. This offers another signal to study when capturing the wearer's voice in noisy surroundings.
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A microphone measures sound pressure. A vibration sensor measures mechanical movement. Both can carry information about speech, but they are not interchangeable recordings.