Sorry..I'm doing it..Yanny or Laurel?

[Jake Young]

I’m curious to know what other musicians hear.. Hah be honest! It’s yanny for me! I’ve tried so hard to hear laurel..but I don’t hear it whatsoever

 

[idssdi]

I heard Laurel.

 

[Richard O'connor]

I’m not sure how this works. I heard it all day in the radio and I heard it as yanny. I then sent it to my girlfriend and when she listened to it when we where home I heard laurel. I listened again today and heard yanny. So, fucked if I know lol.

 

[Ed Seith]

I can’t hear Yanni, except here.

All I hear is “Laurel, Laurel, Laurel.”

 

[Richard O'connor]

Who cares anyway LOOK AT THAT MOUSTACHE. That’s something else !

 

[Filip Tomiša]

Laurel for me but if I pitch it down then I hear yanny

 

[Parth Tusham]

It’s actually laurel even though I heard yanny. A video on youtube decoded it as it actually says laurel but the tape is mixed with higher frequencies that tends to make it quite difficult to tell what it’s actually saying. But it totally depends upon your age and listening ability what you hear as people of younger age tend to hear yanny due to their ability to hear higher frequencies but as your age increase the range of frequencies decreases thus older (not that old) people listen laurel which is what it’s actually saying
I’m 17 and I hear yanny
For further details you can refer the video by scienceasap on youtube

 

[Ed Seith]

If that’s the case, @parth, then the speakers you’re hearing it on may come into play, as well.
But I’m old.
Get off my lawn, Laurel.

 

[Parth Tusham]

Yeah @Ed the speakers here play an important role
But still it depends more on your hearing power

 

[Jake Young]

Ed, they do..I did sort of an experiment haha since phone speakers or small speakers in general have more of a high frequency I turned my phone as low as it would go and held it to my ear and actually heard laurel…once. But in the car, with more low frequencies, I still her yanny..or yammy actually. I even slowed down the speed..it’s yammy for me

 

[D K]

wow this is weird, I heard this earlier today and I clearly heard Laurel. Now when I listened to the one you posted I heard Yanny but after a while it changed to Laurel and now I can’t hear Yanny anymore.

 

[Ed Seith]

I definitely have hearing loss, despite always wearing hearing protection at every concert or band practice. The loudest concert I was ever at was Lynch Mob in 1991 or 92. My ears hurt badly WITH earplugs, and my entire body was numb for 2 days. It was about a 2,500 capacity club. I don’t know how anyone survived AT ALL without plugs.
Then, for years, I had a drummer that would mash the shit out of a China Boy cymbal just a few inches from my head (small rehearsal room) whenever I wasn’t watching. That got me too.
ALWAYS wear hearing protection, guys and gals. I can’t stress it enough. Once your hearing is diminished, it will NEVER return.

 

[Annelene Frabe]

I hear Laurel.

 

[Jake Young]

Here’s the “scientific” explanation..

 

[Parth Tusham]

Yeah this is the video Oli was talking about @jake

 

[Ana Psuturi]

Laurel for me.

 

[Jen Hapke]

I hear Laurel.

 

[Ryan Puro]

I only hear yanny. That’s some weird shit.

 

[Josh Wright]

I did an experiment where I pitched it up and down and depending on the way I pitch it, it goes from yanny to laurel

 

[Karina G]

I hear Yanny most of the time. The sound is actually ‘Laurel’, but depending on how you listen to it (tv vs. headphones vs. speakers etc.) and your ability to hear higher pitches, it can sound like ‘Yanny’. Its pretty neat.