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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

They're talking about determining the origin of a sound. They're saying if a sound originates from anywhere on the line of the cone shape it becomes impossible to decipher where it originated accurately. Humans actually have decent vertical echolocation, but just like dogs do when they're trying to vertically echolocate we can also just face the approximate sound origin and tilt our heads to improve echolocation accuracy because our brains use the difference in elevation between our left and right ears to pinpoint the sound's location.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

You have elevated me to the plane of understanding, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact since one of my ears doesn’t work I can’t echolocate :’)))

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Have you considered giving it a raise? ^(ba^ ^dum^ ^tsss)^

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cool explanation, but that's not what echolocation means

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

i assume replacing "echo" with "audio" or other term that means sound would work?

echo means you create the sound and listen for a echo back.