My pesky 11 year old asked me if she could download a ringtone. Being the involved parent, I asked to see the site and hear the tone. I was shocked. They actually have ringtones that adults cannot hear and kids can. They are called mosquito tones. They have different frequencies. One is so high that my 11 year can hear it and my 20 year old cannot. When it rings in class, all the kids laugh and the teachers wonder what is going on. I can only hear 8 and 10 khz. my daughter can hear much higher. As we get older we get deaf to the higher tones.
I simply have to look in the mirror and ponder the new renegade hairs that want to sprout on top of my ears to know somethin's goin' down......I'm sure they block sound waves, too.
UPDATE: I was able to catch up to 16.7kHz. I'm shocked because of all the cranked-up music I listened to all through my teens, 20s and 30s! I am NOT a user of in-the-ear (or even over-the-ear) headphones, though, so this has probably helped save me.
"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive." Roberto Clemente #21
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I could hear to the 18.8! One of my kids had one of these tones on their phone a few years ago. I swore that they were pulling one over on me - they both promised they could hear the tone but I could hear nothing. Funny stuff!
JT - my dogs were going freaky too, but they're very geriatric! One of them could obviously hear all the tones, but she can barely hear me say her name anymore.
Posts: 5275 | Location: Kentucky | Registered: December 30, 2004
I heard them all - and after I was finished I ate a bowl of Alpo and then butt-scooted on the living room rug.
Something aint right - and my wife is not happy with me now. Thanks alot.
You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. ~Jim Bouton, Ball Four, 1970
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its, doing the Butt-Scootin' Boogie! Add to that a bunch of monkeys hooting, baring their teeth, and jumping joyously all over the room while that's going on. Classic imagery from the HSBBW.
"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive." Roberto Clemente #21
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That's funny ... I heard to 12 MHz and it hurt my ears. My hubby probably wouldn't hear any of them because he used to wear headphones all the time when he was an active controller and I am sure he is partially deaf. Of course there is also that phenomenon of 'selective hearing loss' that he experiences when I am talking ... hmmm !!!
Mary Ann * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31:8 [8/21/08]
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