Sonic Illusions: Can you really trust your ears?

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What we hear is incredibly personal and we all hear things differently. Sometimes our ears can even play tricks on us. Sonic illusions put a spotlight on the unique function of our hearing and how our backgrounds and biology affect how we process sound. Psychologist Dr. Diana Deutsch and neuroscientist Dana Boebinger explain why our hearing is a unique sense and why sonic illusions can fool us. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced out of the studios of Defacto Sound, and hosted by Dallas Taylor. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Become a monthly contributor at 20k.org/donate. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/sonicillusions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	Now, as I begin a clipping,
0:33.1	and I bring the clippers closer to your ear,
0:36.0	very closer to the right ear. Follow me as I move
0:40.0	around the back of the head, to the left ear, and up and over the top of the head.
0:47.3	Okay.
0:48.3	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz. I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:53.3	What you're hearing right now is the virtual barbershop.
0:58.0	It was made by Q Sound Labs and uploaded to YouTube back in 2007.
1:02.0	It was the first time I remember being pretty blown away by a sound trick.
1:06.0	By the way, before we go any further, this episode is all about sound tricks and sonic illusions.
1:11.8	It's one of those episodes that will be much more effective in headphones.
1:15.0	So if you have those handy, pause the episode and put those on.
1:18.5	You can get the same effect better with the electric razor.
1:22.1	I'll first bring it close to your right here. With the purpose and around the back.
1:30.3	And onto your left.
1:33.3	Like that.
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