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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:37:21 -0400, "bizby40"
wrote: "Rosalie B." wrote in message .. . I can hear it although it is faint. I am 68 and I know I have a fairly severe hearing loss in one ear due to using a starting pistol to start swim meets before I knew any better. Well, I can't, and neither can my kids. But then again, the puppy was chewing on the speaker cable.... Bizby I couldn't hear it either. And our speaker cables work ;-) Nan |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
Cathy Weeks wrote: Ok... evidently someone developed some tech to drive away mall-loitering teens that hang out near their stores, interrupting business - it's this high-pitched tone that only teens and young children can hear. There's a video about it on CNN.com, but I couldn't paste the link, unfortunately. Does anyone out there know the reason some adults can hear it and other can't? I've never been one to play loud music, in my car or anywhere. I do like my TV set louder than my family does, but certainly not blasting. And I've only been to one concert that left me "cotton-candy-eared" (at others, I stuffed my ears with cotton to prevent it, but I've not been to many of those, either - maybe 3 or 4) But I've also mowed my share of lawns over the years. Any docs out there that might know? Or am I just lucky in that I've got good hearing? Cathy Weeks I'm 29 and I can hear it just fine. Stasya |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
I haven't tried listening to it as my PC is right next door to the baby's
bedroom and I don't want to wake him from his morening nap! So far I've seen only women replying to this post - any men out there? From what I've heard, men tend to lose the ability to hear high pitched noises earlier than women. I know that my dad definitely has. He's born the same year as mum and there are (high pitched) noises she can hear and he can't. "Cathy Weeks" wrote in message oups.com... Ok... evidently someone developed some tech to drive away mall-loitering teens that hang out near their stores, interrupting business - it's this high-pitched tone that only teens and young children can hear. There's a video about it on CNN.com, but I couldn't paste the link, unfortunately. Evidently as you age, the little hairs inside your cochlea flatten out, making it hard or impossible for adults to hear certain frequencies. This process starts happening at around 20 years of age. So someone decided to turn it into a ringtone for cell phones. Great... another way to help kids cheat. However, I was curious and went in search of the tone, to see if I could hear it, I found it he http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3 To my surprise, I could hear it just fine. It was horrible - high-pitched and throbbing (it's real name is the "mosquitotone" - very appropos). Very annoying and bordering on painful - and it's not even loud. Now, I'm ah, not a teenager. I'm nearly double the oldest age that's supposed to be able to hear it reliably (I'm 37). Does anyone out there know the reason some adults can hear it and other can't? I've never been one to play loud music, in my car or anywhere. I do like my TV set louder than my family does, but certainly not blasting. And I've only been to one concert that left me "cotton-candy-eared" (at others, I stuffed my ears with cotton to prevent it, but I've not been to many of those, either - maybe 3 or 4) But I've also mowed my share of lawns over the years. Any docs out there that might know? Or am I just lucky in that I've got good hearing? Cathy Weeks |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
"Cathy Weeks" wrote in message oups.com... Ok... evidently someone developed some tech to drive away mall-loitering teens that hang out near their stores, interrupting business - it's this high-pitched tone that only teens and young children can hear. There's a video about it on CNN.com, but I couldn't paste the link, unfortunately. Evidently as you age, the little hairs inside your cochlea flatten out, making it hard or impossible for adults to hear certain frequencies. This process starts happening at around 20 years of age. So someone decided to turn it into a ringtone for cell phones. Great... another way to help kids cheat. However, I was curious and went in search of the tone, to see if I could hear it, I found it he http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3 To my surprise, I could hear it just fine. It was horrible - high-pitched and throbbing (it's real name is the "mosquitotone" - very appropos). Very annoying and bordering on painful - and it's not even loud. Now, I'm ah, not a teenager. I'm nearly double the oldest age that's supposed to be able to hear it reliably (I'm 37). Does anyone out there know the reason some adults can hear it and other can't? I've never been one to play loud music, in my car or anywhere. I do like my TV set louder than my family does, but certainly not blasting. And I've only been to one concert that left me "cotton-candy-eared" (at others, I stuffed my ears with cotton to prevent it, but I've not been to many of those, either - maybe 3 or 4) But I've also mowed my share of lawns over the years. Any docs out there that might know? Or am I just lucky in that I've got good hearing? Cathy Weeks I definitely heard it! I guess I'm able to hear those kind of sounds, because I hate the sound that the fluorescent lights in my office make, and I can hear the tv whine when it's not on (modern tv's have transformers that allow them to power-up instantly, so in effect, your tv is always "on"). |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
On 13 Jun 2006 14:04:19 -0700, "Cathy Weeks"
wrote: But your point is taken. I'll have to find someone who has the ringtone and have them play it for me on their phone, instead. I'm 60 and I could hear the computer tone. -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
I couldn't hear it either. And our speaker cables work ;-) Neither could I, and so do ours. Karen |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
In article .com,
"Cathy Weeks" wrote: However, I was curious and went in search of the tone, to see if I could hear it, I found it he http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3 To my surprise, I could hear it just fine. It was horrible - high-pitched and throbbing (it's real name is the "mosquitotone" - very appropos). Very annoying and bordering on painful - and it's not even loud. Now, I'm ah, not a teenager. I'm nearly double the oldest age that's supposed to be able to hear it reliably (I'm 37). Does anyone out there know the reason some adults can hear it and other can't? Um, there are a lot of adults out there with high-frequency deafness? I have no trouble hearing it either! -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
"Engram" writes:
I haven't tried listening to it as my PC is right next door to the baby's bedroom and I don't want to wake him from his morening nap! So far I've seen only women replying to this post - any men out there? From what I've heard, men tend to lose the ability to hear high pitched noises earlier than women. I know that my dad definitely has. He's born the same year as mum and there are (high pitched) noises she can hear and he can't. I'm a 43-year-old man and I can hear it. -- Darius S. Naqvi email: dsn at dsn dot incentre dot net ("From:" line email address with "nospam" removed) |
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OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?
http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3
I'm a 51 year old woman and I cannot hear it at all. I have no hearing loss that I know of and rarely listened to music at high volumes and went to very few concerts. Both of my kids can hear it just fine (ages 18 and 16) and they've probably listened to more loud music than I have. I'm impressed that so many people over 30 here can still hear it. All I hear is a 'click' at the beginning. -- Zip |
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