Strange Recording Some hear Yanni the other Laurel

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"

@elrod i heard yalaurel once too split second

It makes no difference what word was originally recorded, yanny or laurel. What matter is what you hear. My understanding is that the original recording was masked by some random frequencies to fool human hearing. When we heard the sound on TV, we looked at each other and my wife (who is practically deaf) said all she could hear was laurel, while all I heard was yanny. I’ll accept that it may have to do with the shape of your inner ear. FWIW, congratulations to those who heard yanny (lol).

Popular Science has also weighed in with their own video on this tremendously important subject:

https://www.popsci.com/yanny-laurel-scientific-evidence#page-2

PopSci states those with better high frequency hearing hear ’yanny’ and those with poorer high frequency hearing, typically older listeners, hear ’laurel’.
I’ve changed my mind. I now believe what I hear clearest is an insecure whiner desperately wanting to congratulate himself and any others who hear ’yanny’.

Tim