On 24/11/2016 07:29, Chris J Dixon wrote:
Phil Allison wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

So I have an infection in my right ear, and am pretty much deaf on
that side right now. But I can place audio sources just as well as I
could with two functioning ears.

Locating the direction of a typical sound source involves time of arrival differences at each ear - plus moving the head to bring them towards zero.

I did a final year project during which subjects with an ear
defender over one ear were repeatedly asked to select which
speaker in a semicircular array around them was the source of a
low level click.

Despite the literature showing claims of some ability to do this,
my tests indicated otherwise. This may well have been due to a
learning process and/or the actual sound levels.

If your head is in a fixed position then it is very difficult, even with two ears, to locate sounds.

--
Eiron.