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The Geometry of Sound

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The Geometry of Sound

Researchers say people perceive sound based on where they are when they hear it. University of Arizona material and science engineering professor Pierre Deymier talks about how what happens to sound from the time it leaves its source and the moment it reaches our ears.

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