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6ren on March 4, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The blind man who taught himself to see

I assume the shape of our ears also affects the sounds, depending on the location of the sound. This converts vertical location into frequency shaping.

And I wonder, why else would we have such oddly shaped ears?

squasher on March 4, 2011 [–]

You would be correct. The shaping of the pinna (and resulting sound reflections) help us determine the height of sound sources, even if they're right on our midline.

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