Laurel vs. Yanny: 30 somethings only hear one of them…?

Well, It Takes 2 decided to embark on our own research. We wanted to know if age had anything to do with it. 

Afterall, as we get older… we don’t hear as well. 

(You can test that theory here:) 

So, we asked our listeners to text in which word they heard and how old they were. 

And, our an interesting anecdote:

Everyone between the age of 30-39 heard Laurel

, while all the other age categories were divided!  

It might not explain it all, but it is a head-scratcher! 

A better explanation may be: 

“There’s just enough ambiguity in this fairly low-quality recording that [some] people are hearing it one way and some people are hearing it another,” Brad Story, the associate department head of speech, language, and hearing sciences at Arizona State University, told me. [

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(Amy Iler & JJ Gordon are talk-show hosts at 790 AM KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. “It Takes 2 with Amy & JJ” can be heard weekdays 11am-2pm. Follow Amy on Twitter @AmyKFGO. Follow JJ on Twitter @JJGodon701.)