人間の聴覚とは思いのほか鋭いものだと言うより長年耳になじんだ日本語のせいかもしれない。

外国語では、こいかいかなかっただろう。

My tentative translation is:

The human ability to hear is better than thought, this may be because old people's ears (長年耳?) are accustomed to Japanese language. With foreign languages this may be different.

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