Poll of the Day > Are you over or under 50 years old? Yanny vs Laurel

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botsrule
05/19/18 10:52:19 AM
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Choose your age range and which word you heard. - Results (5 votes)
I'm over 50 and heard Yanny.
0% (0 votes)
0
I'm over 50 and heard Laurel.
0% (0 votes)
0
I'm under 50 and heard Yanny.
60% (3 votes)
3
I'm under 50 and heard Laurel.
40% (2 votes)
2
Why is this happening?
Multiple factors explain why some people hear Yanny and other people hear Laurel most of which can be explained with a little science and physics.

The first thing to understand is that the Reddit audio was low-quality. Experts said that can lead to some ambiguity about what people actually hear.

"I would guess that because of the poor recording quality, the sound ended up being on a perceptual border," said Todd Ricketts, vice chair of graduate studies with the department of hearing and speech sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

In other words, the audio is so crummy that it straddles the line between one sound and another.

But the main explanation comes down to frequency and the device you are using to play the audio.

Different playback systems can change the frequency of the audio being played. For example, phones, computers and headphones often filter out low frequencies, while larger speakers like subwoofers can handle them better.

This is important, because the acoustics for "Yanny" is heard at a higher frequency than the acoustic information that makes someone hear "Laurel."

In other words, you are more likely to hear "Laurel" on higher quality devices because it is better at handling the low frequency.

"With a full range higher quality speaker I clearly only hear Laurel, but over my computer speakers I clearly only hear Yanny, " Ricketts said.

What does hearing either word say about my hearing?
Because this phenomenon has a lot to do with frequency, experts said the age of the listener can affect what a person hears, too.

Around the age of 50, a lot of people have begin losing their high-frequency hearing, which is why experts believe older people would be more likely to hear "Laurel," and vice versa.

"If you were to compare a group of young people to a group of old people listening to this clip on the same device, its more likely that the older people will hear Laurel, " said Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, a professor, and expert on the neuroscience of hearing.
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helIy
05/19/18 10:59:27 AM
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well i hear laurel, and running it through a program that can automatically detect speech and make it text also says it's laurel

mainly because there literally is no y or n sound to even make it ambiguous.
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wwinterj25
05/19/18 11:02:57 AM
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I'm 31 and heard Yanny. Can't hear Laurel at all. My hearing does seem sensitive though.
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kind9
05/19/18 11:15:26 AM
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Through my shitty headphones it sounds like "yanny". It definitely sounds like it starts with a y sound and ends with an e sound.
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SinisterSlay
05/19/18 12:05:57 PM
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huh, heard what?
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botsrule
05/19/18 8:40:16 PM
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I should of posted the video/audio clip. Apologies.

Do You Hear "Yanny" or "Laurel"? (SOLVED with SCIENCE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiXQl7grPQ&;
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Judgmenl
05/19/18 8:46:19 PM
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I heard Laurel but I assumed it had something to do with audio quality just like the dress color a few years ago (Which could be physically tested if you had more than 1 device).
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jsb0714
05/19/18 8:52:40 PM
#8:


I refuse to take any part of that shit.
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botsrule
05/19/18 9:00:39 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
I heard Laurel but I assumed it had something to do with audio quality just like the dress color a few years ago (Which could be physically tested if you had more than 1 device).


It's hard to figure out if the person listening to Yanny/Laurel can't hear the higher frequencies or their equipment can't process high frequencies. I agree with you, listening to multiple devices would give a more clear understanding.
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PuddingBoy
05/19/18 9:00:59 PM
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24 and hear both
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botsrule
05/19/18 9:02:43 PM
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PuddingBoy posted...
24 and hear both


I should have added two more choices, can hear both, under 50 and hear both over 50.
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solid_kush
05/19/18 11:19:00 PM
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Wheres the I heard both option?
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Mead
05/19/18 11:45:32 PM
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Only the Lords chosen can hear the sublime truth that is Yanny

Praise be
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Zeus
05/19/18 11:52:32 PM
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Didn't hear "Yanny" at all, so don't know nor care how the mistake could be made.

botsrule posted...
This is important, because the acoustics for "Yanny" is heard at a higher frequency than the acoustic information that makes someone hear "Laurel."


Sounds like complete bullshit considering I apparently still have my high-range frequency hearing (which I've kept thanks to not listening to loud music, etc)

jsb0714 posted...
I refuse to take any part of that shit.


tbh, usually my attitude.
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jramirez23
05/19/18 11:59:03 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Fu92pJM-A" data-time="

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Zeus
05/20/18 12:12:43 AM
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And now my ears are killing me after doing some soundtests.
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gguirao
05/20/18 12:39:17 AM
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I'm 31 and hear "yanny."
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blorfenburger
05/20/18 12:47:53 AM
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Im very confused. What is this about?
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iCurious
05/20/18 1:50:09 AM
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I'm under 50 and I've heard both. From the same audio file.
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Krazy_Kirby
05/20/18 7:04:12 AM
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neither, since i didn't bother listening to it
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Newave
05/20/18 12:52:06 PM
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jni
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PuddingBoy
05/20/18 1:34:38 PM
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Zeus posted...
And now my ears are killing me after doing some soundtests.

wow zeus is old what a shocker
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Mead
05/20/18 1:48:36 PM
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PuddingBoy posted...
Zeus posted...
And now my ears are killing me after doing some soundtests.

wow zeus is old what a shocker


Thats the narrative he pushes anyways, we know almost nothing about the dude
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Zeus
05/20/18 5:17:52 PM
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PuddingBoy posted...
Zeus posted...
And now my ears are killing me after doing some soundtests.

wow zeus is old what a shocker


...because I was listening to high-frequency sounds, which would hurt most peoples' ears unless they were deaf. I still have a far higher upper-range hearing than other people, most likely because I've never been big into music and therefore have sustained less damage to my ears over the years. These are frequencies that most peoples' ears don't even hear any more.

Mead posted...
Thats the narrative he pushes anyways,


No, that's the narrative Cacciato and others push. Meanwhile you and Helly try to claim that I'm younger than my account. But keep on trolling in the free world.
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Kyuubi4269
05/20/18 5:19:06 PM
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Zeus posted...
...because I was listening to high-frequency sounds, which would hurt most peoples' ears unless they were deaf.

lol
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xjayguyx
05/20/18 7:19:14 PM
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Under 50 and hear both...
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dedbus
05/20/18 10:55:26 PM
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I was watching some video that played a low or high frequency to tune your ears into hearing either way, I've only ever heard yanny any way.
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