Which one do you hear? Yanny or Laurel?   Most middle school student are talking about it. This internet trend has took over radio stations, the news and, much more.

According to the website Wired, a girl named Katie Hetzel was reading vocabulary with the audio.  The audio said ‘yanny’ but the vocabulary word was ‘laurel’ and she thought she was crazy.  The next day when she was at class everyone heard different words, some heard yanny and some heard laurel

Students and teachers from 6th, 7th, and 8th were interviewed to see what the heard.  23 students and teachers heard laurel, and 27 students and teachers heard yanny.

Students and teachers were asked to give an assumption about why people hear different words.  The guesses were the sound waves,multiple people were talking at the sametime, people have different devices, or they choose not to hear certain words.

According to Louise Matsakis from Wired “ What you hear depends on which frequencies your brain emphasizes.The higher frequency sounds in the recording make people hear “Yanny,” whereas the lower frequencies cause others to swear they hear “Laurel.”

What you hear depends on what sounds your brain is paying attention to, your past experiences, and what you’re expecting to hear. What word you experience might also have to do with your age. Older adults often start losing their hearing within the higher-frequency range, meaning it’s possible that more young people hear “Yanny.“

See it for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXRoQGHx-80