yathoktam --- "yasyāpyabhivyañjanti tasyāpyeṣa na doṣo dūre satyāḥ karṇaśaṣkulyā anupakārakāḥ saṃyogavibhāgāstena dūre yacchrotraṃ tena nopalabhyante"
As has been said: "Even for one who [holds that sounds] are manifested, this is not a fault, [because] when the ear-drums are at a distance, the conjunctions and disjunctions are ineffective, therefore what is heard at a distance is not perceived by that [distant] auditory organ."