Normal speakers have a long wavelength so the waves travel around objects like fences and you can hear it on the other side. Ultrasonic speakers have a very short wavelength so they don't travel around objects like a fence and you can't hear it on the other side. This means that an ultrasonic speaker creates a very directional beam of sound.
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