Mosquito Ring Tone Age Test. What Parents Can't Hear.

My daughter just clued me into the latest scheme by teenagers to put one over on the grown ups: The Mosquito Ring Tone. (LINK)

My daughter's friends are all setting their phones to use the tone for texting. That way they can leave their phones on in their classes and know when they've received a message.

It exploits the effect that age has on your hearing. As we get older, we lose the ability to hear very high frequencies. I'm lucky that at 43, I can still hear the tone.

I downloaded the MP3 file from the link above. I played it for the office. Only one person could hear it faintly when I had the speakers at full volume. For me, the sound was cutting through my teeth fillings.

Go to the link and play the sound for yourself. Tell me if you can hear the tone. If you're not shy, include your age.

I'd like to be the Cool Dad and not forward this info to my daughter's high school administration, but shouldn't they be learning instead of texting during class?

Its only a couple years ago my hearing was tested to be pretty much perfect and I could definately hear that tone. (and you can see my age in the profile )

Sure as hell can, and it's mighty annoying. I'm only 23, though.

Get other people around your computer. It's funny looking at them cock their heads trying to hear the tone while the noise is cutting through your brain like a scalpel.

Yep, i can hear it. Like being in a hearing test, but i can still hear it even though it's not playing anymore. aarrrggghh. Oh i'm 34 ish.

B

misfit wrote in post #4058032
Yep, i can hear it. Like being in a hearing test, but i can still hear it even though it's not playing anymore. aarrrggghh. Oh i'm 34 ish.

B

Oh, sorry about that. I didnt' know it would resonate.

Couldn't hear a thing except for that hummmmming.

I'm partial to vibrate myself

Loud and clear....30

I can hear it - at 38.

How annoying would that be, if you were in a shopping centre and all the teens had that as their ringtone? Would clear the place out pretty quickly, I'd imagine.

Ack - all the glass in my room just broke

I played it for my mother(53) to see if she could hear it, and I had my speakers up all the way. She couldn't hear a thing. My nephew (4) covered his ears and said it hurt. My niece (1) started crying and covering her ears.

I can hear it with the speakers at about 20%... but the noise is drowned out by the 8 drive server sitting next to me if it's below that.

I'm 35 and spent a few years working as a steward at a concert venue (as well as attending) so my ears have had their share of loud noises. And f'king ouch, what a nasty noise, my speakers were turned down pretty low as well. I don't see how anyone couldn't hear it.

I couldn't hear a thing, the bloke next to me is getting pissed off with it though!

That noise is awful! I would never want to get a text if that was the sound. I'm 19.. but .. yikes.

People at my uni text all the damn time. They just leave it on vibrate. That's just as obnoxious, unfortunately You can hear the desks vibrate every two seconds.