Why is it so hard to pinpoint exactly where some electronic beeping sounds are coming from?
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There is two reasons. Firstly we are unable to determine the exact direction of a sound from our two ears. This is why you move your head around to try to determine where a sound comes from. But with a short beep you do not have enough time to move your head to get the source of the sound. And secondly a single frequency will very easily create interferance patterns as there are multiple paths from the source to your ears with different lengths. So the sound becomes stronger and weaker depending on where in the room you are without it having anything to do with where the sound comes from. A high pitch beeping is one of the worst sounds to locate for this exact reason.
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