Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-121.214.4.27-20150924130202/@comment-1918232-20150925045526

Based on Oblivion (which I won't spoil because the DB missions are pretty awesome, most of the characters are bland, but awesome missions) The Listener needs to be within a few metres and doesn't need to touch the corpse directly. The Listener can also hear the Night Mother through matter.

Another example is in Skyrim during the Death Incarnate mission, the player can hear her from a fair distance while in the Sanctuary.