Laurel or Yanny?

[Mercula]

I hear yanny clear as day , wife hears laurel.
Now I worked in body shops for 15 years. I been shooting guns / hunting my entire life , without hearing protection more than I’d like to admit.
What type of damage is typically done from that ? Low frequency ?

[Gman]

What type of damage is typically done from that ? Low frequency ?

I think someone mentioned it in the thread already. The high frequencies usually go first.

[Joe_K]

[CS1983]

I hear yanny clear as day , wife hears laurel.
Now I worked in body shops for 15 years. I been shooting guns / hunting my entire life , without hearing protection more than I’d like to admit.
What type of damage is typically done from that ? Low frequency ?

Odd, since I’m under the impression yanny is the higher freq.

[OctopusHighball]

My wife played this for me as were laying in bed one night and my eyes were closed (so I didn't see the suggestions). I said it sounded like "yammy" to me, but she swears she only hears "Laurel". We played it like 20 times from her cell phone speakers. I have a fairly significant case of tinnitus and these days often watch programs on TV with the closed captioning on because the dialog seems so muddled. So I thought my high range hearing was toast.

[00tec]

[Mercula]

That was what I was thinking ? Not the first time I’ve been ass backwards lol.
Theres a page on NY times called “we made a tool so you can hear both yanny and laurel “
I slide it to the low side and I hear laurel , slide it to the high side and the wife can finally hear yanny.
ymmv. Lol

Odd, since I’m under the impression yanny is the higher freq.

[sniper7]

My wife brought this to my ear without showing me the words. I hear Yarey. A combination of the two.
I think if you didn’t know what the words you are trying to hear are, you will hear a combination of the two.

[electronman1729]

My did this the other day and wears hearing aids. With the hearing aid on he heard Laurel, and with them off Yanni

[OctopusHighball]

That was what I was thinking ? Not the first time I’ve been ass backwards lol.
Theres a page on NY times called “we made a tool so you can hear both yanny and laurel “
I slide it to the low side and I hear laurel , slide it to the high side and the wife can finally hear yanny.
ymmv. Lol

I found this tool also. What I found weird is that once I slide it a certain way and hear the other word, as I slide it the opposite way it takes a long time before I start hearing the other word. For example, with that tool for the first time ever I heard Laurel at the center mark. Then as I slide to the far right I get yammy. Then I have to go almost all the way over to the left again to get back to Laurel, and once I get Laurel I need to go almost all the way to the right again to pick up yammy. I don't know how much is power of suggestion and how much is attributed to what I am actually hearing.