Short after losing one of my ears audition I was laying on a beach at the Mediterranean. Holydays, sun, good times. Then I felt a strong buzzing sound, it had to be a gigantic flying insect, so close to my head!. I jumped out of the towel and run some meters flapping arms around my head. Crowded beach and my own wife were perplexed at me and my flapping arms strategy did nothing for the sound that was still as loud an close.
Then my brain recalculated. Sound stopped and started again and the pattern was obvious then. I confused for some good 5-7 seconds a halfmile away boat siren with an insect around my head.
By first hand experience: It's amazing what the brain does triangulating the two ears input, and it is indeed very sensible to the quality of the inputs. On the other hand the brain is also great at adapting to new, lower quality sensors. I don't see that same scene happening now, after several years of one sided hearing.
My wife still recreates that moment from time to time.
Then my brain recalculated. Sound stopped and started again and the pattern was obvious then. I confused for some good 5-7 seconds a halfmile away boat siren with an insect around my head.
By first hand experience: It's amazing what the brain does triangulating the two ears input, and it is indeed very sensible to the quality of the inputs. On the other hand the brain is also great at adapting to new, lower quality sensors. I don't see that same scene happening now, after several years of one sided hearing.
My wife still recreates that moment from time to time.