How we hear distance: Echoes are essential for humans to perceive how far away a sound is

Mammals are good at figuring out which direction a sound is coming from, whether it’s a rabbit with a predator breathing down its neck or a baby crying for its mother. But how we judge how far away that sound is was a mystery until now. Researchers from UConn Health r…

Source: How we hear distance: Echoes are essential for humans to perceive how far away a sound is