Yanny or Laurel

2007 voice recording containing an auditory illusion and made popular in May 2018

"Yanny or Laurel" is an auditory illusion which became popular in May 2018. It is a short audio recording of speech can be heard as one of two words.[1] 53 percent of over 500,000 respondents to a Twitter poll reported hearing a man saying the word "Laurel", while 47 percent reported hearing a voice saying the name "Yanny".

It was confirmed that the audio says both Yanny and Laurel,[2] but some users focus on the higher frequency sounds in "Yanny" and cannot hear the lower sounds of the word "Laurel".

References change

  1. Kirby, Jen (May 16, 2018). "Why you hear "Laurel" or "Yanny" in that viral audio clip, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Josh Katz; Jonathan Corum and Jon Huang (May 16, 2018). "We Made a Tool So You Can Hear Both Yanny and Laurel". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-01. playing the "laurel" clip over speakers and re-recording it introduced noise and exaggerated the higher frequencies.