Yanny or Laurel?!

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AIBU to think that anyone who hears Laurel is playing a practical joke? It's definitely yanny!

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The laurel people must be on glue.

Maybe it plays different things for different people to confuse us.

It's to do with the bass tones, apparently.

Yanny. Weird.

Laurel

I hear laurel. But that is my dds name so...

Yanny

DS can hear both. Like those pictures where you can see 2 different things he can change focus and hear both words

Mostly I hear Yanny.

But if it's slowed down, or if you emphasise the bass, I hear Laurel.

I think this means my hearing is pretty good for 48.

Laurel for me!

2 clips at random without a doubt.
It changes for me and does it instantly when I replay.

Laurel

Laurel. I can't hear yanny at all.

Laurel.

2 clips at random without a doubt.
It changes for me and does it instantly when I replay

I’ve played it over 15 times and heard it on the radio and it’s been yanny every time.

I hear ‘yarry’, definitely no ‘n’ sound in the middle

Laurel

Just try it through different devices. It's Yanny on my laptop and digital radio, Laurel on the phone.

In my desperate bid to hear yann y I looked at a video with different pitches and I can ONLY hear yann y when slowed by 33%.

Yanny

2 clips at random without a doubt. it's definitely all the same clip - I've listened to it in groups and has a real mix of responses even though we all listened at the same time!

I can hear both.

The first time i listenes i could hear Yanny because that was the word flashing up, then Laurel when it flashed up. It then turned into Laurel all the time but I can switch between then at will.

I’m 37 and still bothered by the mosquito thing for deterring teenagers, but I hear Laurel!

Maybe it’s my iPhone speakers, or my head cold, as I can usually hear highs pitches.

I only heard Yanny until I tried the trick someone upthread mentioned, of turning up the volume and now I can hear Laurel as plain as day.

It's to do with frequency.
The part of the sound that makes some people hear Yanny is higher frequency than that which makes some people hear Laurel.
If your... ears emphasise both the higher and lower frequencies, you can toggle between the two sounds.
(from BBC website)

Just found the sweet spot in the volume where I can hear both!