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View Poll Results: Can you hear the tone?
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Clearly 64 votes (81.01%)
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Jun 12, 2006, 11:10 AM
 
As a spinoff of this thread, I want to see who can/can't hear this.

WARNING, loud high-pitched noice!

By the way, it'd help if you post once you vote and give your age.
Oh yeah, clearly, 20
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Jun 12, 2006, 11:14 AM
 
very easily and I am 30.

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Jun 12, 2006, 11:25 AM
 
Painfully so, 24.

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Jun 12, 2006, 11:27 AM
 
clearly, 31.
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Jun 12, 2006, 11:29 AM
 
Clearly, 23.

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Jun 12, 2006, 11:29 AM
 
I have to say painfully so as well. I am 28 and have lost about 50% of my hearing, almost all on my left side.
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Jun 12, 2006, 11:35 AM
 
very well. at (ugh) 37.
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Jun 12, 2006, 11:36 AM
 
Originally Posted by cjrivera
very well. at (ugh) 37.
So who's the 1 that can't??
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 11:56 AM
 
yeah, 18
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:01 PM
 
Barely, 39
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:04 PM
 
OOOWW!!

Very clearly. Warn a guy next time.

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Jun 12, 2006, 12:06 PM
 
Nope. 35.
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:09 PM
 
Annoyingly so and 31.

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Jun 12, 2006, 12:20 PM
 
24 & yeah

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Jun 12, 2006, 12:22 PM
 
Yes. I'm 23 and it sounds like a TV.
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:23 PM
 
yep - clearly @ 28
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:23 PM
 
I suppose another test would be to see if you can hear it from across a crowded classroom. I'm guessing far fewer people could hear it then.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:27 PM
 
oppps I voted no before I listened. I can hear it.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:29 PM
 
Did anyone else wet themselves when they heard this? I feel uncomfortable now...
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by natural1
Did anyone else wet themselves when they heard this? I feel uncomfortable now...
So it works like a brown note, but for urination, too??
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:38 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chuckit
Yes. I'm 23 and it sounds like a TV.
My thoughts exactly.

And I think that might be why school teachers don't pick-up on it. They hear it, they just don't realize it.

Imagine if your TXT ring-tone was the sound of a pencil being dropped on a desk. Think they'd notice that too?
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar
My thoughts exactly.

And I think that might be why school teachers don't pick-up on it. They hear it, they just don't realize it.

Imagine if your TXT ring-tone was the sound of a pencil being dropped on a desk. Think they'd notice that too?
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:48 PM
 
I can't hear a dadgum thing. 32 and partially deaf (15% in my right and 8% in my left) thanks to all my years of gigging and standing in front my Marshall and Carvin stacks.
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:50 PM
 
This thing only works properly when it is emmited from some sort of special 'thingy'. ie, the effect, which is to allow young people to hear it but older people to not, will not work coming from normal speakers.

I seem to recall this system being proposed in the UK to stop crowds of unsociable teenagers, know as 'Chavs', from hanging around outside places like McDonalds.

Edit: Oh ye, I can hear it, but i guess I should be able to, being 16 and all..
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Jun 12, 2006, 12:55 PM
 
Originally Posted by harrisjamieh
This thing only works properly when it is emmited from some sort of special 'thingy'. ie, the effect, which is to allow young people to hear it but older people to not, will not work coming from normal speakers.
Evidence? It seems there are a few here that can't hear it, and i have no idea what kind of 'thingy' would work. It's a simple high-frequency tone. Not a whole lot you can do with that.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:04 PM
 
Definitely, and I'm 31. As for the special thingy being involved, I really doubt the speakers should be much relevant (disregarding how powerful they might be of if the pitch is beyond their dynamic range).

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Jun 12, 2006, 01:08 PM
 
23 years old...

The sound wasn't the clearest sensation...it just hurt (somewhat badly), while the sound itself was barely audible.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:13 PM
 
I’m 18, and can hear it very clearly. Incidentally, I’m getting a hearing checkup tomorrow, because I seem to be losing my hearing in my right ear.

My dad’s 65, and he can’t hear it at all.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by Jawbone54
23 years old...

The sound wasn't the clearest sensation...it just hurt (somewhat badly), while the sound itself was barely audible.
Yeah, on second listen, my experience was more like this. Of course, my first listen was on earbuds, and my second listen was out of my work computer's speaker (PowerMac G5). So who knows.

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Jun 12, 2006, 01:18 PM
 
Originally Posted by Sage
I’m 18, and can hear it very clearly. Incidentally, I’m getting a hearing checkup tomorrow, because I seem to be losing my hearing in my right ear.

My dad’s 65, and he can’t hear it at all.
Wow, a kid at 47, not bad!
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:25 PM
 
46. Very, very faintly.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:31 PM
 
Yep!! OUCH!! VERY painfiul. 51 and excellent hearing and good speakers.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:32 PM
 
Clearly, and painfully. It made my chest (or lungs? Not sure exactly where it was) hurt. 23.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:37 PM
 
Easily, but I won't play it again. 23
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:43 PM
 
Clearly. 35

Originally Posted by Gossamer
Don't do this with any dogs around, but cats are okay...
My dog didn't even flinch.

And he freaks out if I ...b a r e l y... jiggle his leash when he is in the house and I am in the garage.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 01:45 PM
 
There are a lot of 23-year-olds here.
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:20 PM
 
i normally keep my volume down to a minimal (around 1-2% of max) because my speakers are mounted to my monitor (PC). And when the sound ever gets too loud, it causes a slight distortion of the picture quality on my screen.

So when i played the clip, i was like 'what the '... But when i turned up the volume a few notches i heard it loud and clear. (i'm in my mid-20's)
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:22 PM
 
Nope. Nada. 58 with BAD pulsatile tinnitus.

I imported it into Amadeus which seemed to crank the volume up quite a lot and it sounded like hiss on a tv with no carrier.

What is it SUPPOSED to sound like?
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:25 PM
 
31, no problem in an office with lots of ambient sounds.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:30 PM
 
barely, 53 awaiting info from F1 female 29.

     
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:37 PM
 
Is that a 20k sine wave?

Yes, clearly & painfully.

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Jun 12, 2006, 02:40 PM
 
Originally Posted by David Thompson
I imported it into Amadeus which seemed to crank the volume up quite a lot and it sounded like hiss on a tv with no carrier.

What is it SUPPOSED to sound like?
That’s pretty much it: a very high, ringing tone.


Railroader: does your dog react to ‘doggy flutes’? If your dog doesn’t react at all to a tone like this, he probably has reduced hearing in the highest part of the spectre—his hearing can still be absolutely perfect in the normal range (the one that contains leash-rattling, for instance), of course.

(Erm, yeah, by the way—please tell me he freaks out ‘cause he wants to go for a walk, not because he’s scared... right?)
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:43 PM
 
At the ripe old age of 35 I can hear it clearly, lucky I was on my Macbook when I clicked the link, it has very weak speakers....
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by chris v
Is that a 20k sine wave?
I'm not sure, I got it from the linked thread.

Originally Posted by Oisin
(Erm, yeah, by the way—please tell me he freaks out ‘cause he wants to go for a walk, not because he’s scared... right?)
Railroader beats his dog??
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:50 PM
 
Originally Posted by Gossamer
Railroader beats his dog??
I very much doubt that—it was just the way he worded it that sort of opened the way for that interpretation
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 02:52 PM
 
42 but i look 41 and nope
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 03:14 PM
 
clearly. 18.

since when is a "text message alert tone" not a ringtone?
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 03:21 PM
 
Certainly yes.. *need to clear my ears now*.

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Jun 12, 2006, 03:40 PM
 
Did it again. Heard it more and it HURT more...and I have somewhat bad hearing in my left ear.

Now I see why they're using this to keep adolescents from loitering in certain places in the UK.
     
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Jun 12, 2006, 03:54 PM
 
So far it seems only 13% can't hear it. Wow, where can I buy this amazing product.
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