If we see a speaker mouthing day while actually hearing someone else saying may, we may perceive a third syllable bay that blends both inputs. This phenomenon is known as

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The described phenomenon is called the McGurk effect, where the visual information of lip movements influences how we perceive auditory information, resulting in a fusion of the two inputs and the perception of a third syllable. Prosopagnosia refers to face blindness, sensory adaptation describes the adjustment of our sensory receptors to a constant stimulus, and blindsight is the ability to respond to visual stimuli even without conscious awareness. None of these concepts describe the phenomenon being described.

If We See a Speaker Mouthing Day While Actually Hearing