An old friend calls Peter on the phone and, though he doesn't have caller ID and hasn't spoken to his friend in a long time, he recognizes her voice immediately. The ability to recognize her voice so quickly after so many years would BEST be described as:

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Alexa Merritt

Social Studies

5 May, 10:09

An old friend calls Peter on the phone and, though he doesn't have caller ID and hasn't spoken to his friend in a long time, he recognizes her voice immediately. The ability to recognize her voice so quickly after so many years would BEST be described as:

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Sierra Fitzpatrick · Answer 1

the result of each human voice having a distinctive timbre

Explanation:

Each individual has a voice as unique as their finger prints, this is the reason you can tell the voices of people apart. Assuming every human sounds the same, it would be difficult to differentiate callers on phones. The distinct timbre of the human voice is as a result of the complex processes by which voices are produced, the activity of the lungs, voice box, larynx in voice production.