So slight, in fact (about 0.001 seconds), that we can’t even detect the pause. There is therefore a slight delay before we perceive it.

Usually, when we are speaking, the sound of our own voice is fed back to our inner ear through vibrations in the air and our middle ear bones. It’s a bizarre, yet explainable, scientific phenomenon called delayed auditory feedback (DAF). But your inability to talk coherently whilst hearing yourself isn’t a matter of self-consciousness (like not liking the sound of your own voice on voicemail). Want to know more? Read on… “But my voice doesn’t sound that bad…”Ī speech jammer records and plays your voice back to you at a slight delay. Simply point the speech jammer at a noisy individual, and silence them… with their own voice! Finally, you can secure your peace at the push of a button! No more boring monologues from an oblivious colleague. No more interruptions from a strangers’ public phone chatter. No more incessant nagging from you know who. I’m sure you can already imagine the endless applications of such a device. Invented by Japanese Professors Kurihara and Tsukada, the speech jammer can forcibly (but perfectly harmlessly!) inhibit someone’s speech. “If you tell me that story one more time I’ll use my Speech Jammer on you…”

Speech zapper effect