Can you hear it

Just The One · 2006-06-19 13:57:52

http://audio.todayfm.com/files/ringtone.mp3 This is the new ringtone that ageing ears can't hear.

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http://audio.todayfm.com/files/ringtone.mp3

This is the new ringtone that ageing ears can't hear.

Can you hear it 185 votes

Yes - under 20 years of age

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Yes - over 20 years of age

29% 55 votes

No - under 20 years of age

68% 126 votes

No - over 20 years of age

2% 4 votes

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#2 19-06-2006 02:00PM

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just about hear it

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#3 19-06-2006 02:00PM

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Sounds like one of those things for deterring mice/insects. Myself and one of the younger girls in the office can hear the one in here but the older people can't.

Whoopdeedoo.

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#4 19-06-2006 02:03PM

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Yeah can hear it quite well.

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#5 19-06-2006 02:05PM

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i can hear it, but my mum cant. she wasnt too pleased that i called her upstairs to listen to something she cant hear!!

i'm 16

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#6 19-06-2006 02:08PM

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I can hear that, and its quite painful to me.
Edit> I'm 29

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#7 19-06-2006 02:17PM

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43 - Can't hear it.

If only they could make music tracks like that for so many city centre pubs, so the young folk could be deafened and those of us that want to have a conversation, could.

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#8 19-06-2006 02:21PM

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Can hear it perfectly well, very annoying to hear though.

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#9 19-06-2006 02:27PM

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Can easily hear it....it actually hurts my ears! (under 20).

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#10 19-06-2006 02:29PM

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This cropped up at the weekend here. TV in my room is emitting a very high pitched whine, which I find distracting. Boyfriend however can't here it at all.
I drag in a flatmate and he hears nothing either.

So I go online and look at some pitch tests. I play the 15KHz one (which, I believe, is approximately the pitch of these "teenage only" ones) and I can hear it fine, as can they. 16KHz and it's fainter to them but bloody annoying to me. 17KHz and I'm going "ouch!" and they're both shrugging their shoulders - hearing nowt. 18KHz and, naturally they hear nothing, and I'm still wincing. It was quite interesting really for me to be going "that's bloody irritating!" and the others living in blissful silence (even with me being the eldest).

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#11 19-06-2006 02:30PM

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yup, sure can.
it sounds the same as id imagine a dog whistle would
im under 20 btw

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#12 19-06-2006 02:31PM

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Not far off 26 myself, and that freakin hurts!

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#13 19-06-2006 02:32PM

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Yup I can hear it no problem and I'm 28. Gonna try it out with some of the folks in work.

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#14 19-06-2006 02:53PM

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26 and heard it grand....hurts though! my mom, 53 first said she couldnt hear it, but then claimed she thinks she heard something alright.....sounds like someone doesnt want to admit they are old!

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#15 19-06-2006 02:58PM

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ouch!:eek:

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#16 19-06-2006 03:04PM

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I can hear it - 36. Painful though.

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#17 19-06-2006 03:08PM

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can't hear a thing, and i'm only 23.... guess all that loud music has had an effect.

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#18 19-06-2006 03:10PM

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hurt like hell.....19

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#19 19-06-2006 03:11PM

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PAIN!
We did a test for this a while ago in physics, I think the threshold for people is about twenty-something Khz.

My ears hurt

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#20 19-06-2006 03:17PM

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There is another thread about this sound. Some more links there.

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#21 19-06-2006 03:17PM

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spurious wrote:

If only they could make music tracks like that for so many city centre pubs, so the young folk could be deafened and those of us that want to have a conversation, could.

Couldn't agree more 3 people here can hear it, 2 of them 22 and myself 23...

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#22 19-06-2006 03:34PM

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Painful. I'm over 30.

Dog whistles are much higher than that by the way.

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#23 19-06-2006 03:37PM

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I can hear it i'm under 20. It's not painful though, I don't knwo why peopel say it is.

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#24 19-06-2006 03:46PM

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21 and i hear it fine. wouldn't use it as a ringtone though... jebus it's annoying.

heard it on the diggnation podcast there today. funny because of the 2 presenters, 1 heard it.

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#25 19-06-2006 03:53PM

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Comes on everytime my screen saver comes on :mad:

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#26 19-06-2006 04:04PM

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I'm 25 and my hearing is F**ked but I can hear it very well!

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#27 19-06-2006 04:06PM

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It's suprising to see how many people over 20 can hear it since it supposably can't be heard by aging ears.

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#28 19-06-2006 04:07PM

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22 and can hear it. Not painful, just really irritating!!

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#29 19-06-2006 04:14PM

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ThrownAway wrote:

It's suprising to see how many people over 20 can hear it since it supposably can't be heard by aging ears.

Yes but I would assume most of those over 20's would be in their 20's or very early 30's . I assume quite a lot of people 35+ wouldn't hear a thing .

[under 20] and it's fecking annoying .

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#30 19-06-2006 04:17PM

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Yip not a problem, we tested in physics how high we could hear. Unfortunately I can hear to a very high and very very annoying pitch.

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#31 19-06-2006 04:20PM

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I thought it was when you were over 30 that your ears started to degrade?

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