Yanny vs. Laurel

[Aredhel]

The thing I think is most interesting is that with the visual equivalent (ambiguous images, such as the famous Young Woman/Old Woman drawing), I can usually see both possible figures if I try (although I always default to the same image the first time I look at the drawing - in the case of the young lady/ old woman drawing, I always see the young lady as the default). But with this recording, I clearly hear “yanny,” and no matter how hard I concentrate on the sounds I cannot switch over to hearing “laurel.” I wonder if anyone out there can hear it both ways, or if our auditory processing is somehow less flexible in this regard than our visual processing?

[Minervah]

I am 72 with hearing aids. I kept hearing Yanni on my phone. Then when they played it on the news I heard Yanni and Laurel.

[Snort]

Yeh-wee.

[Sarahsez]

Originally Posted by beachie123

i clearly hear laurel.

a few times when hearing it on the radio today (seems all stations are talking about this) the first time they play it, the first word starts out sounding a little like "yann" but then switches to "aurel" and then each time after that it sounds clearly like laurel to me. so it sounds like yannaurel laurel laurel laurel...

I'm hearing it the same way.

I know my hearing is impaired because of my allergies.

[wit-nit]

I'm now hearing Yarrell.

[Ralph_Kirk]

Listening to it through professional audio monitoring headphones, I hear both words. The "yanni" is higher pitched, said immediately after the click.

[JGC97]

Saw this on the news this morning. I heard Yanni (or yanny however you spell it) I tried to listen for laurel but it just didn't happen.

[Snort]

No one hears Yeh-wee or Yer-wee?
Is it time I got an ear check-up?

[GoCUBS1]

I hear only Laurel.

One of my kids has great hearing. She’s a musician with perfect pitch, lots of acoustic training, etc. She hears both Laurel and Yanni.

[20yrsinBranson]

I hear both depending on which I am listening for. It's cool how they did that.