What Do You Hear?

Hearing is about way more than sound #audioillusion

[sjy-nzzv]

Am I the only one that heard "there" at second clip?

[melonking]

The second one sounded like the mix of "bear" and "there".

[kingshanaman]

That's why when babies learn new words, they focus on mouth movements. If you have kids, try and notice whenever you say a word they've never heard before, they don't bring their ears closer, but their gaze focuses on the lips. For some reason, babies have this intuition about mouth movements.

[goracks]

I heard “Vare”. This explains why I, when I was very young, thought “volleyball” was “bolleyball”.

[danielclv]

I'm not a native English speaker so maybe that's why, but I can swear I hear "there" not "fair" as well. Maybe in my non-English brain I don't hear "fair" as often as "there".

[itsdeep]

"thaw thaw thaw"
- michael vsauce

[alexexists]

“What do you hear?”
“Bear”
“What do you hear NOW?”
“…bear”

[DinaBelenko]

And that's why I hate phone calls! It's so helpful to actually see people speak!

[steampunk_willy]

Lol, I heard "vare" in the second clip and now I'm wondering how this would work with different accents.

[dokichokei]

This is how audiophiles get scammed into buying $5000 power cables

[JohnDoe-nlnw]

As a native german speaker I hear „bear“ at both clips

[jansfv]

"what am i saying in this clip?"
"bear"
"what now?"
"there"
😭

[johnathanh]

"Bear" and "there" for me.
I'd be intrigued what a deaf person lip reading thinks...

[dragon_born-lnjh]

I honestly saw the balls bounching off each other even without the sound the first time

[tobennaokoli]

First time: Bear
Second time: Bear, There, Vere.

Never fair tho.

[divinelyshpongled]

As an English teacher of 15 years, and someone who teaches this exact thing - it's great to see a science + incredibly smart guy back up what i teach. <3

[Sheep.]

Am I the only one who just hears bear both times?

[TheCerealHobbyist]

My wife is a lip reader due to being profoundly deaf in her left ear. The words and mouths not being in sync on the TV makes her absolutely crazy. She can tell when they’ve changed what someone is saying in editing every time. It is her super power.

[thewolfepackFA]

I can focus on two distinct things with separate senses, so I could read his mouth movements while he mouthed "fair" and knew he was saying that, but could also still recognize without hesitation that the audio didn't match up and he was still *speaking* the word "bear"

[FokkerBoombass]

Heard "bear" in both clips because I'm an introverted dumbass and can't read faces.