[sanjuro]

I read this in the NY Times about a high pitch ring tone that many adults could not hear.

I was able to hear it, but can you?

http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3

 

[BurlyShirley]

yes. ouch.

 

[binary visions]

Yes, and it's painful

 

[moff_quigley]

I must be deaf. And old.

 

[jimmydean]

ouch is right! Man, that sucked.

 

[stosh]

I must be deaf. And old.

I think you're jsut old.

 

[moff_quigley]

I think you're jsut old.

I'm not deaf! I turned my speakers to max and put my head close to one of the speakers. Not a pleasant sound. Oddly enough I could hear it better with my right ear.

Maybe, I'm only "mostly" deaf. And old.

 

[ukjason]

That hurts

 

[RenegadeRick]

I was reading an article on this and it said 40-50 years old was when you started to not be able to hear it. Not 21.

I'm 36 and I heard it. It seemed to quickly become background noise though, due to the constant tone.

Maybe I spent too much time listening to Metallica in my youth.

 

[reflux]

26. It was unpleasant.

Read the same article. Question though, doesn't vibrate accomplish the same goal?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

26. It was unpleasant.

Read the same article. Question though, doesn't vibrate accomplish the same goal?

Except that most people (read: more than can hear that high pitched sound...) can hear a vibrating cell phone...I know I can....

 

[JRB]

34 and I didn't hear a thing.

edit - I hear it with the speakers on.

 

[Da Peach]

WHAT? (with big horn raised to ear)

 

[SkaredShtles]

All I heard was a chant:

Kill sanjuro
Kill sanjuro
Kill sanjuro

Must go find hatchet now................

 

[valve bouncer]

I didn't hear a thing but the cat exploded.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Can't hear sh1t, but my co-worker heard it in her cube - "Did somebody just turn on a monitor?"

 

[JRB]

Can't hear sh1t, but my co-worker heard it in her cube - "Did somebody just turn on a monitor?"

Maybe your hearing aid is shorted out.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

I can hear it.

 

[BadDNA]

Ow! yeah I heard that, my brain is jello now.

 

[justsomeguy]

Damn, too much time running straight pipes. I can't hear it unless the volume is cranked all of the way up.

My kid could hear it from the other room at normal volume levels.

 

[peter6061]

I guess I heard it when I cranked the volume all the way up on the internal speakers on my PC and put my ear right next to the PC. Otherwise I could not hear it.

Is it good enough to torment the youth with? (i'm only 34, guess I had my headphones on too loud as a kid)

 

[Tenchiro]

I heard it and am 33.

Although it reminds me of the tone generator that Winamp used to package with its early versions. I used to drive people nuts with high pitched tones for hours.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Maybe your hearing aid is shorted out.

Not yet.

I'm way overdue for hearing aids. Straight pipes, diesel engines in landing craft, chain saws, loud music, guns, pipe bombs, dynamite...

 

[jonKranked]

22. heard it. then again i can tell when a TV is on, sometimes up to 3 rooms away. they emit a very high pitch sound.

 

[SilentJ]

I can barely hear it with the speakers cranked. A few people a few offices down (my door was closed) were all: "WTF, yo?" I'm 26. Too many hours on an angle grinder in a fab shop, I guess. Girls talking is another one that gets me...I ask my GF "WTF did you just say" at least twice a day.

 

[binary visions]

22. heard it. then again i can tell when a TV is on, sometimes up to 3 rooms away. they emit a very high pitch sound.

Yep, I can identify a television on no matter where it is in the house or if the sound is down to zero.

 

[SilentJ]

Yep, I can identify a television on no matter where it is or if the sound is down to zero.

Is my TV on? What brand is it? What size is it?

 

[kinghami3]

SOAB. I heard it loud and clear, and I'm 21. People willingly use this as their ring tone?

 

[binary visions]

Is my TV on? What brand is it? What size is it?

I can't hear a thing over the shrill, fingernails-on-blackboard sound of the office manager's voice

 

[Toshi]

i heard it coming from my headphones even as they were sitting on the table. it's very similar to the sound that televisions make when they're turned on but displaying no signal. i hate that sound.

i do wear earplugs when i go to (non-classical ) concerts and clubs, and when my car was truly loud, with an unplumbed external wastegate, i made sure to either be wearing hearing protection or a helmet.

 

[jonKranked]

they use it as a ring tone in class so that the teachers can't hear it. why not just set yer phone to vibrate?

 

[elRey]

My headache just came back.:mumble: :mumble:

 

[sanjuro]

they use it as a ring tone in class so that the teachers can't hear it. why not just set yer phone to vibrate?

Because it is kids...

 

[Tenchiro]

http://www.ochenk.com/entry.php?id=63

Check this out, I can get up to 17000 but I am not sure if the crappy speakers here at work can display any higher.

 

[N8 v2.0]

I heard it easily enough but I am 21 x dos.

 

[Toshi]

http://www.ochenk.com/entry.php?id=63

Check this out, I can get up to 17000 but I am not sure if the crappy speakers here at work can display any higher.

i can just barely hear 20kHz.

 

[Sherpa]

i can just barely hear 20kHz.

I can only hear 19kHz

 

[Toshi]

like tenchiro said, a lot of speakers will have tons of fall-off in the upper freqency ranges so don't take the "results" too seriously .

 

[spectaculardark]

great now i am still hearing it thanks alot

 

[jimmydean]

My wife couldn't hear it, so she took an online hearing test and found where her range is.

Just goes to show, hearing loss can happen from years of exposure to overly-loud hair metal during the 80's!