http://news.com.com/A+ring+tone+meant+to+fall+on+deaf+ears/2100-11395_3-6082685.html

This story is circling the net right now.. basically, it's a 17khz signal (or ultra high pitch but audible). Adults generally start losing the ability to hear this sound at 40-50 so it's being used by teens to get away with texting in class and such.

I listenned to the sound and I could hear it loud and clear.. In fact, it was so loud and awful, i had to stop it right away. It hurt.. oh it hurt..

Oh lord, that's a horrific noise. I hope whatever kid has that set as their ringtone gets beaten savagely by the other students until they change it.

I'm old I guess

what if you're 16 & can't hear it...

I'm old I guessyou can't hear it? man.. you are old, kev!

wait, wait. I got one better.

Vibrate.

And yes that "sound" is annoying as sin.

what if you're 16 & can't hear it...really? that sucks... see an audiologist or whatever

I think also, at 16 and you cant hear that means you listen to too much loud bass or crappy trance

I just put mine on silent and check it every 10 minutes :)

I can't hear it?

i can hear it just fine. i can also feel the vibrations from vibrate mode on mah cellular device...

I can hear it but my computer speakers didn't like playing it.

sounded like a damn dog whistle.

My Ears!!! They Bleed!!!!!

I can hear it just fine....and I'm older than sound.

It could be cheap/worn speakers that won't play that range of sound.

I'm 24 and I can hear it. It feels like someone jabbed a dental pick in my ear though.

If I catch any teenagers playing this on their phones, I'm going to sock 'em one.

I could hear the ringtone, but the again i also have the hearing of an eagle, the strength of a grizzly, and the wisdom of a man.

-hS

I have the Eyes of an Eagle

It feels like someone jabbed a dental pick in my ear though.

That is exactly what I thought when I heard it

god dammit i listened to it and afterwards i started getting a ringing in my ear at the same frequency

Man..that hurt. I kinda wish I couldn't hear it now that I heard it (and am still hearing it ringing in my ears).

I must be getting old. What's next - bifocals?

$#!T.... I think I ruptured my brain!

Hopefully it will attract bears....bears...

I could only hear it faintly, but I do work in a factory. We get our hearing tested every year, and I've noticed a slight degredation in that frequency. The funny thing is, I can hear stuff that's out of the normal range of humans.... There must be something at work that's emitting that frequency and dulling my hearing, or something.

My wife could hear it really well. She said if she ever hears some teen using that as a ring tone she'll beat them to death with their own shoes.

It sounds like a television. If someone turns off the tuner or DVD but leaves the screen on, I'll hear it right from the other room. My wife does it all the time. I'll come home and turn off the TV even before I hug her. She's standing there thinking "How DOES he do that?"

I can hear it, and I now hate you Ajax for bringing it up.
I can't hear it?
How the hell are we supposed to know if you can hear it?? j/k
I could hear the ringtone, but the again i also have the hearing of an eagle, the strength of a grizzly, and the wisdom of a man. -hS
Ahh, but which man do you have the wisdom of?

Good stuff...I totally can't hear it. I was turning up the volume, not hearing a thing, and my kids were in the other room screaming and covering their ears.

It sounds like a television. If someone turns off the tuner or DVD but leaves the screen on, I'll hear it right from the other room. My wife does it all the time. I'll come home and turn off the TV even before I hug her. She's standing there thinking "How DOES he do that?"
That FUCKING SHIT DRIVES ME BONKERS!!! I know precisely what you're talking about. That noise you can hear all the way across the house.

As for that noise of a ring-tone. That hit a couple nerves and I'm not sure I'm able make a fist because my hands are shaking.

38 and hear it

I posted earlier that I couldn't hear it...was worried cause im only 20.....

then realized my speakers weren't connected to the computer today even though they were on =P :lol:

I posted earlier that I couldn't hear it...was worried cause im only 20.....
then realized my speakers weren't connected to the computer today even though they were on =P :lol:
That is truly OEM - operator error, man :smoker:

ID 10T error.

T. Rex hands.

I can hear it just fine, and I've been working around steam turbines, loud ass ventillation, and other such hearing detrimental noises for 7 years now.

yeah that's an annoying as hell noise. i guess these kids haven't discovered vibrate huh?

ID 10T error.

T. Rex hands.

no its an ID 10T bearing...