Table 2.

The statements comprising the voice questionnaire.

1. I would quickly recognize friends and family if I heard them speaking on the radio

2. My friends and family think that I am bad at recognizing other people’s voices

3. It is easy to recognize celebrity voiceovers on television adverts

4. Failure to recognize a familiar voice has caused me embarrassment

5. If a friend called me from an unknown telephone number, I would quickly identify them from their voice alone

6. It is difficult for me to tell two people apart by their voices alone

7. I have excellent memory for the voices of other people

8. Other people often recognize voices that I cannot

9. I am confident I would recognize a friend on the phone, even if they were attempting to disguise their voice

10. I find it hard to identify which celebrities are voicing characters in animated films

11. When I overhear familiar people speaking, I know who they are before I see them

12. It is difficult to follow radio shows and podcasts with multiple speakers because their voices sound similar

13. I would notice immediately if a voice actor changed midway through an animated series

14. I find it hard to imagine familiar voices (e.g. the voice of celebrities, friends, family)

15. I can recognize which musician is performing a new song just from their voice

16. My ability to recognize people from their voice is worse than that of most other people

Nb. Items with odd numbers were reverse scored.