Strange Recording Some hear Yanni the other Laurel

Paul is dead.

I could only hear “yanny” but my wife could only hear “laurel.” I heard them say on TV that it was added distortion that causes the two reactions. The bottom line was that those with better hearing heard “yanny” while others heard laurel. My wife is nearly deaf so I believe what they said. Congratulations to those hearing “yanny.”

 Congratulations to those hearing “yanny.”

Are you sure?   I heard 'laurel'.
According to the article, an acoustic expert thinks it was originally recorded as 'laurel'.
  Copied and pasted from the article:
 

"Brad Story from the University of Arizona's Speech Acoustics and Physiology Lab took a fine-toothed comb through the clip: “I'm pretty sure the original recording was 'laurel,'" he says. "The reason it can be confused is that there is a family of frequencies produced by the shape of our throat and mouth."   

Tim

The very first word I hear seems to be a mix of Yanni & Laurel. after the first word, it's all Laurel

47 % - Yanny

52 % - Laurel

1 % - Hardy..."Another fine mess"