In our Literacy, most of us heard Yanny instead of Laurel. The secret is frequency. The audio information that makes us hear Yanny is higher frequency than the audio information that makes us hear Laurel. Some of the variations may be due to the audio system playing the sound. For example, you might have a better set of headphones that might make you hear different sounds like the Yanny and Laurel.
But some of it is also the parts of your ears, and what you’re expecting to hear. Sometimes you could hear both and that is normal for some people. Older adults tend to start losing their hearing and stop hearing a high frequency, which means you will hear Laurel more than Yanny. In the whole world, 42% of people hear Laurel, 40% of people hear Yanny and 17% of people hear both. If you listen to loud music you probably hear Laurel because of its low frequency.
Here is a clip of the Yanny and laurel
Hi ankit its Leo I really like your blog post on yanny or laurel I did not know that frequency was the reason people hear it differently. maybe next time you could make something interactive to show your work, I remember when yanny and laurel was all over the internet, keep up the good work
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