Laurel or Yanny?

So there is this thing going around where people apparently hear different words when listening to this audio file. It's pretty much like the Blue or Gold dress thing from a few years ago.

Here is the link, do you hear Laurel, or Yanny? ETA: When you click the link, it is automatically muted, so you'll have to unmute to hear.

https://twitter.com/CloeCouture/stat...831473152?s=19

Laurel

It is laurel.


Sammich maker says yanny.


I shall smack her later.

















*disclosure: sammich maker says it's ok

There is a Reddit thread and on that the guy heard Laurel and the girl heard Yanny I think as well.

I'm interested in this because I've run into people that do not hear my name correctly throughout my life, and they always screw it up spectacularly, and in the same way. The first few times that I've said my name to someone and they repeated back, "George?" I just figured that they didn't hear me and were trying to cover up by being funny. It's happened enough times now that I think it is some hearing "thing," but I couldn't begin to explain why. I just assumed that it was people with a hearing issue that read lips to help them out, I really have no idea though.

I heard Laurel, my room mate heard Dairy...

Tell your roommate to respect your boundaries and quit spying on you!

Yanny (Yammy)

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Originally Posted by iego

Yanny (Yammy)

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You're wrong. It's laurel.

I wonder if it could then also be related to the speakers a person is listening to it on? I live in an apartment so I have some (purposely) very light weight speakers that can't produce much bass/lower frequencies. So therefore I hear yanny, while if I had more full bodied speakers I might hear the other laurel?

-John

Laurel.

not sure why this is a thing, but it goes to show the dumbing down of our society when everyone's at odds over what is being said.

it bears absolutely zero importance on anything at all.


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Originally Posted by CoGirl303

Laurel.

not sure why this is a thing, but it goes to show the dumbing down of our society when everyone's at odds over what is being said.

it bears absolutely zero importance on anything at all.

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Are you drunk right now?

I tried to hear it as Laurel. Could only hear Yanny.

From my phone speaker I hear only yanny. From my car speakers, only Laurel.

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

It's of course both. Laurel in a low frequency with Yanny overlaid in a high frequency with a bit more going on. Those that hear laurel (including myself) don't have as keen of upper frequency hearing. Which is why a lot of significant others here hear "Yanny".

It's neat, and leads me to wonder if a new hearing test couldn't be made with this technique spanning multiple frequencies and layered words - it would be much harder to fake hearing loss. (Hearing loss is an oft faked workers comp/disability injury) as instead of pretending not to hear a BEEE when they crank it up to ten and wince; you' have to know which freaking word is the correct one to say in advance...

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That's a fascinating one. But how would one proof against a false positive of fakery w/ actual inability to hear either?

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Originally Posted by CavSct1983

That's a fascinating one. But how would one proof against a false positive of fakery w/ actual inability to hear either?

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What?

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Originally Posted by CavSct1983

That's a fascinating one. But how would one proof against a false positive of fakery w/ actual inability to hear either?

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What about multiple sets with different words but still at the same frequency, as redundancy so the odds of a false positive are reduced with each additional set?

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Originally Posted by CoGirl303

Laurel.

not sure why this is a thing, but it goes to show the dumbing down of our society when everyone's at odds over what is being said.

it bears absolutely zero importance on anything at all.


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The fact that you responded to this says something very different than what you posted.

I hear Laurel from a host of different sources.

Home theater: Yamaha receiver with Polk Audio Monitor 40's and BIC F12 sub
Computer Speakers: Behringer MS40
Phone Speaker: LG G5
Headset: Bose QC35

TINFOIL ALERT!!! [tinhat][tinhat][tinhat]

Widespread test for further subliminal messaging to steer the masses.

IBBMB


ETA: Laurel in the car on my way to work, Yanny on the Jabra conferencing speaker on my computer

On my desktop machine running through a set of powered speakers with a sub-woofer I hear Laurel, on my little laptop running through crappy little laptop speakers I hear Yammy (not even Yanny).

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

It's of course both. Laurel in a low frequency with Yanny overlaid in a high frequency with a bit more going on. Those that hear laurel (including myself) don't have as keen of upper frequency hearing. Which is why a lot of significant others here hear "Yanny".

It's neat, and leads me to wonder if a new hearing test couldn't be made with this technique spanning multiple frequencies and layered words - it would be much harder to fake hearing loss. (Hearing loss is an oft faked workers comp/disability injury) as instead of pretending not to hear a BEEE when they crank it up to ten and wince; you' have to know which freaking word is the correct one to say in advance...

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Don't know how valid, but I remember years ago some kids saying they'd learned that there are certain audio ranges you just naturally start to lose as you get older. Thus, the kids started to use these "high" tones as their ringtones so teachers wouldn't hear their phones going off in class.

Oh, and Laurel. My hearing sucks :P

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Originally Posted by Irving

What?

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Foxtrot stated this method could be used for hearing tests, since it uses words instead of tones. Recorded at different frequencies, it could act as an obstacle to faking hearing loss, since you'd have to say what words you hear instead of simply yes or no on a tone. Playing them in random sequence, someone wouldn't necessarily know whether or not to not push the button (if you are trying to fake hearing loss, you might push for only low tones).

So my question is how one would circumvent continued malingering since the higher frequencies would obviously still be higher.

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Originally Posted by RblDiver

Don't know how valid, but I remember years ago some kids saying they'd learned that there are certain audio ranges you just naturally start to lose as you get older. Thus, the kids started to use these "high" tones as their ringtones so teachers wouldn't hear their phones going off in class.

Oh, and Laurel. My hearing sucks :P

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I have a dog whistle app on my phone. Wife and boys can hear things that I cannot hear at all. I'll play something and my wife is all, "Arggggghhhh stop that!" and I am just sitting there wondering deaf as a door post to the higher freqs.

The higher frequencies are the first thing to go with hearing damage.

Considering this is a shooting forum, I'm going to bet most of us here have more damaged than average hearing.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Are you drunk right now?

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Cracking up!

and laurel

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Originally Posted by CavSct1983

Foxtrot stated this method could be used for hearing tests, since it uses words instead of tones. Recorded at different frequencies, it could act as an obstacle to faking hearing loss, since you'd have to say what words you hear instead of simply yes or no on a tone. Playing them in random sequence, someone wouldn't necessarily know whether or not to not push the button (if you are trying to fake hearing loss, you might push for only low tones).

So my question is how one would circumvent continued malingering since the higher frequencies would obviously still be higher.

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Say again?

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Originally Posted by crays

TINFOIL ALERT!!! [tinhat][tinhat][tinhat]

Widespread test for further subliminal messaging to steer the masses.

IBBMB


ETA: Laurel in the car on my way to work, Yanny on the Jabra conferencing speaker on my computer

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This audio file is obviously going viral, so it's also obviously telling Alexas and Siris across the world to transfer $1 to a Mediterranean bank account.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Say again?

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Dang it. I walked right into that one.

https://i.imgur.com/v3GWAOf.gif

It took a minute, but it was totally worth it.

Laurel.

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Originally Posted by Irving

There is a Reddit thread and on that the guy heard Laurel and the girl heard Yanny I think as well.

I'm interested in this because I've run into people that do not hear my name correctly throughout my life, and they always screw it up spectacularly, and in the same way. The first few times that I've said my name to someone and they repeated back, "George?" I just figured that they didn't hear me and were trying to cover up by being funny. It's happened enough times now that I think it is some hearing "thing," but I couldn't begin to explain why. I just assumed that it was people with a hearing issue that read lips to help them out, I really have no idea though.

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I repeated George and Irving to my wife.
She heard Garbo.
Hmmm?

Ha, well Irving isn't my meat space name.

All I hear is "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !"

Yanny

In the truck, all I heard was laurel and couldn't understand the debate, while my son hear Yanni and thought I was crazy. On my computer speakers, I can pick out both. Kind of like those texture pictures you can squint to see another hidden image. Laurel is a much lower register and Yanni is tinnier up high. Any system with heavy base or good sound will wash out the Yanni for most later age listeners. All you laurel hearers, try it on a crappy sound system and you might hear Yanni.

To be honest, as much as I have abused my hearing with loud music, construction equipment and drill rigs, I am surprised I am not in hearing aids already.

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Originally Posted by BPTactical

All I hear is "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !"

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Tinnitus is a bitch.

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That was weird. I clearly heard Laurel on my phone. Later, it was Yanny on my tablet, so I listened on my phone again. It was laurel, and it stayed laurel when I immediately listened to it again on my tablet. Weird.