Ringtone Adults Can't Hear

[slayerdiabolus]

I saw this on another forum

NEW YORK (AP) - 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.

Can you guys hear it? I can, and its really high-pitched & annoying!

[jarrur]

So they have found new and more brutal way to disperse young people, last time it was classical music. Downside is that it keeps us "younger" adults away too.

[metmum]

I'm an old fart and I can hear it although it is faint.

[MetDream]

I'm an old fart and I can hear it although it is faint.

Me too. But in a busy classroom I might not.

[minus clover]

couldnt hear it over the noise my air conditioner makes, but i know i have hearing problems anyway (thanks aussie army!!) they are using a similar sound in an alleyway in melbourne, victoria, to stop kids vandalising some stores there.

[deeds]

we used to play this alot during class last year. it just kinda died out.

[Judge B]

I can barely hear it, but I've damaged my hearing throughout the years so no suprise.

[MasterSandman II]

I can barely hear it but I know classrooms get noisy so I definitely wouldn't be able to hear it then. All those concerts take a toll on the hearing.

[Pete-Rock]

Holy f*** this hurts in my ear!!!!