Changing places and thus getting "different" info makes a lot of sense.

I read a book or article or something about left and right brain processing and the person was talking about living in the US and then moving to the UK (car drivers/passengers switch sides) and how he noticed he "heard"/understood things differently with his wife talking into his left ear versus his right.

I'm deaf mostly in my right ear from Ménière's Syndrome which I had in the late 80's and early 90's and I swear I "understand" differently since.

I'm sure your brain could have gotten a "shake" by moving its literal point of view :-)