Why are voices so unique and distinguishable? Even a single word can let you recognize someone.
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They just aren’t. Sound is one of those things we think as human are good at but we’re not. Impressionists can fool us and we’re regularly confused by parents and children on the phone.
It’s purely in our heads that we are great at hearing voices. It’s our eyes that do much of the heavy lifting. We can be easily fooled by audio illusions and are tricked by binaural audio. Far and bar are interchangeable based on mouth movements. Go look at audio illusions.
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