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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 31 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That’s boring. Two ears only allow you to put the sound somewhere on a plane (the vertical one that cuts your body in half lengthwise). How do you know the ‘height’ of the sound on that plane? By utilizing the different distortions the sound goes through while being funneled through your auricle.

[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Also that everyones brain has tuned this perception based on their own ear shape, and if you add prosthetic ridges to someones ear they become very bad at determining the noise source direction in blindfold tests.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Also, moving your ears and your head.