Ring tone that only students can hear!?!

[Pei]

Students find ring tone adults can't hear
High-pitched¡®Mosquito¡¯originally created to disperse youngsters

NEW YORK - Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class ¡ª 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 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 ¡ª 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 ¡ª and all of them could hear it, while the adults couldn't hear anything.


Source: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13274669/?GT1=8211



Click to hear (can you hear it?): http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/audio/mosquito_sound.mp3

[Pei]

I CAN"T HEAR *SoBS*
(However my ears are kinda "blocked" in the process & after hearing the clip)

I'm only 22! WTF

[Shimmer]

it'd suck for them if I were the teacher since I can hear a computer monitor being turned on (the weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee of the internal parts) and sweet mother of Jesus yes I can hear that It HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRTS!

[Throwaway Style]

why don't people just put their phones on vibrate? it works fine for me in class.

[Shimmer]

because you can hear it vibrate.

[Throwaway Style]

i guess my phone is magical, i've never gotten caught and you usually can't hear it. epsecially if it's the only thing in my pocket.

[Shimmer]

ahhh you've got a good phone.

Most like the cheaper motorolas and nokias make a buzzzzzzing noise.
That's how my13 year old's phone got taken away

[bottleblack]

I'm 25 and I can hear it. Guess the old ears aren't shot yet.

[aziajs]

I can hear it. I have sensitive ears though. It does almost hurt your ears. And it's a really weird sound.

[Janice]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bottleblack

I'm 25 and I can hear it. Guess the old ears aren't shot yet.

^same

[IslandGirl77]

I must be a old fogie at 28! LOL Cuz I can't hear nothing. My hearing is usually good.

Acutally here is a site with the tone. Click on 16 or 18 and that's it. I heard it on here. Boy, that hurts!
http://www.hifiaktiv.at/diverses/testfrequenzen.htm

[as_cute_as_pie]

i can hear it
hah whats the point just set it to silent and check it

[Shawna]

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmer

it'd suck for them if I were the teacher since I can hear a computer monitor being turned on (the weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee of the internal parts) and sweet mother of Jesus yes I can hear that It HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRTS!

Make it stop make it stop make it stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I am 34! That is a freakish sound that I never want to hear again. I have really good hearing though. I think it compensates for my terrible eyesight lol.

[pinkdaisy226]

Ow I could hear it... I mean, I didn't realize that what I was hearing was that sound but it really does hurt your ears!

[Shimmer]

yeah, the teachers would know the ringer was going off if they saw the look on the faces of the people who can hear it! It HURTS!

[hyperRealGurl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aziajs

I can hear it. I have sensitive ears though. It does almost hurt your ears. And it's a really weird sound.

same here and im 27... and just listening to it makes my face scrunch up...

[Juneplum]

ACK! that's AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my ears are ringing now guess i'm not old yet huh

[XxTinker_BellxX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by IslandGirl77

I must be a old fogie at 28! LOL Cuz I can't hear nothing. My hearing is usually good.

Acutally here is a site with the tone. Click on 16 or 18 and that's it. I heard it on here. Boy, that hurts!
http://www.hifiaktiv.at/diverses/testfrequenzen.htm

LMAO. I did the original one.. i heard it but not enough to use it as a ringer, the 16 was better but i felt it more than anything but i tried the 18 one and my little sister started sreaming. HAHAHAHA... guess it does have an effect on the younger ones lmao!!!

[Bec688]

Thats a bloody awful noise, urgh, yuck, my ears...ouch

[Phillygirl]

I heard it if it was the right link.. was it a sound of far away laughter or a beach?

[IslandGirl77]

Quote:

Originally Posted by XxTinker_BellxX

LMAO. I did the original one.. i heard it but not enough to use it as a ringer, the 16 was better but i felt it more than anything but i tried the 18 one and my little sister started sreaming. HAHAHAHA... guess it does have an effect on the younger ones lmao!!!

The link Pei had up my kids couldn't hear it. When I did the other link, my son started screaming. He said, it's to loud! LOL

[quandolak]

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[Pei]

what the hell is wrong with my ears?! I'm not freaking deaf!

I can only hear some sound when i click 4000!

My sis (20) was shouting at me when i click 16.

I'm seriously upset abt this

[XxTinker_BellxX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phillygirl

I heard it if it was the right link.. was it a sound of far away laughter or a beach?

I think they recorded it in a room while people were talking. The noise is a really high pitched tone. If you dont hear it.... then it doesnt work for you. I have a hard time hearing that one also but if you do a search they have one that i could hear very well.