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Subject: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: Dukefan on 06/12/06 at 7:55 pm
Thought this was interesting-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060612/ap_on_sc/nyc_youth_ring_tone
From article:
NEW YORK - Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class -- and many teachers can't even hear the ring.
Some students are downloading a ring tone off the Internet that is too high-pitched to be heard by most adults. With it, high schoolers can receive text message alerts on their cell phones without the teacher knowing.
As people age, many develop what's known as aging ear -- a loss of the ability to hear higher-frequency sounds.
The ring tone is a spin-off of technology that was originally meant to repel teenagers -- not help them. A Welsh security company developed the tone to help shopkeepers disperse young people loitering in front of their stores while leaving adults unaffected. The company called their product the "Mosquito."
Donna Lewis, a teacher in Manhattan, says her colleague played the ring for a classroom of first-graders -- and all of them could hear it, while the adults couldn't hear anything.
See if you can hear it with this sample:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/download/2006/0526/9281132.mp3
Could this become popular among kids?
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: bbigd04 on 06/12/06 at 8:02 pm
Thought this was interesting-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060612/ap_on_sc/nyc_youth_ring_tone
From article:
See if you can hear it with this sample:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/download/2006/0526/9281132.mp3
Could this become popular among kids?
I could definitely hear it in a quiet room, but how could somebody here this in lets say a loud classroom or something.
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 06/12/06 at 8:06 pm
Wow, that must be very high pitch! :o
Although, I can't hear very-high and very-low sound frequencies very well.
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: velvetoneo on 06/12/06 at 11:32 pm
I can hear it a little. But it goes in and out. Like my hearing of it was fuzzy.
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: karen on 06/13/06 at 6:40 am
I couldn't hear it at all! Too many loud concerts
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: Satish on 06/13/06 at 7:18 am
Eaghh.... this has to be the best way ever to make people feel old.
I couldn't hear anything at all. Guess that must mean I'm old. :(
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 06/13/06 at 7:23 am
Checked again...
Are you sure it's just a soundbite with nothing? :D
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: SingBlueSilver on 06/13/06 at 9:05 am
I listened last night and I could hear it loud and clear (I'm 37). It actually made me feel sick to my stomach. There's no way I could listen to that all of the time.
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: wndysbg on 06/13/06 at 1:11 pm
Thought this was interesting-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060612/ap_on_sc/nyc_youth_ring_tone
From article:
See if you can hear it with this sample:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/download/2006/0526/9281132.mp3
Could this become popular among kids?
I just played it for my students - 8th graders - and all but one of them were able to hear it. I was also able to hear it - YEAH - even at 40!!!!
Subject: Re: Cellphone ringtone that adults can't hear
Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 06/15/06 at 9:45 pm
I heard it. Hey, I even hear it when someone uses the toilet in the condo next to ours sometimes, the toilet flushing..