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Q: I can't hear my voice through headphones - no sidetone

Sidetone is the volume of your own voice re-directed back into your headphones (or other listening device) and is used to clarify the sound of your own voice when you are talking.

When I'm talking on the phone using my headphones, my iPhone 4 doesn't have any sidetone at all. This is a problem for me because my headphones fit tightly in my ears and don't allow ambient sound to enter my ears. The result is that my voice sounds very muffled, as if I've got my fingers in my ears. If you use the headphones that came with your iPhone, it's not much of a problem because the earpieces aren't very snug and you can hear your own voice much better.

If the iPhone added some sidetone to the headphones, I would hear myself clearly. This is how my old blackberry worked, as well as my other phones that I've had over the years. This is the first phone I've had that doesn't have any sidetone. I'm surprised because it's such a nice phone and you would think that Apple thought of this.

Does anyone else have this problem? If so, I recommend sending apple some feedback so they can get this fixed:

www.apple.com/feedback

iphone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Sep 29, 2010 11:06 AM

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