Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-120.28.223.121-20140817041624/@comment-3146930-20150107031532

Shane Star wrote: The cat ears on Blake are to show that she is part of the Faunus race. I dont think she can hear through the cat ears with that bow on.

When Ruby is falling out of the sky, you very quickly see her bow twitch before she brings Yang's attention to the falling girl. Going by this, her sense of hearing may be muffled but she can clearly hear.