Can you hear the mosquito?

[EricNau]

I can here it. Next time I want company to leave, that's what I'm going to use.

My ears still hurt.

 

[MazaGRANDEman]

Edit: by the way, if you go to http://www.fork.com/ringtones.php, what's the maximum frequency you can hear?

D*mn. That didn't only make ears hurt like h*ll, but also made me a terrible headache...

First I could hear the 18,000 Hz tone, but one minute later, when I was trying again, I suddenly couldn't.

Like you guys, I too wasn't able to hear the higher ones.
How high tones is the human ear capable of hearing anyway?

 

[thedude110]

I can hear it at 29.

My students seem to get a real kick out of the fact that I can hear it.

Not that they're particularly subtle when "glancing" at their phones, anyway.

We're in exam week, which means I'm actually allowed to confiscate phones. Suddenly students are much more hesitant to turn them on ...

 

[homerjward]

on the diff frequencies page, i could hear 18 and 19k and i could feel 20 but not hear it. those things REALLY hurt

 

[plinden]

I just tried http://www.fork.com/ringtones.php on my Linux machine, and it's totally screwed up. I could hear right up to 20kHz (whereas I topped out at 16kHz on my Mac) but the tone actually sounded lower on the higher frequencies.

So the machine you're listening on could have an effect.

Better just stick to Macs ... if I could.

 

[iRachel]

Yikes, that was unpleasant. I definitely heard it, and I'm glad I didn't have headphones on.


Happy Birthday, JSW!

 

[scem0]

That was an absolutely dreadful noise .

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[dukebound85]

Does anyone know of a good website to test the low end frequencies?

 

[OutThere]

Does anyone know of a good website to test the low end frequencies?

That'd be much more dependent on your sound system...people with subwoofers would have an advantage because of the increased frequency response. Plus the really low end frequencies are almost as much about feeling the sound than hearing it.

 

[CompUser]

I can hear it, and my dog looks puzzled. This is his reaction- not every dog can do that.

 

[nbs2]

26 (almost 27), played about a half second before i thought I was going to lose my hearing. Like Mitt, I feel sick. It's been a couple of minutes and that feeling is still there. But, like vniow, I get annoyed with CRTs across the room. The worst is when you have other noises that drown it out and then it gets quiet and that hum (hiss?) is cutting through your head....

 

[MongoTheGeek]

That'd be much more dependent on your sound system...people with subwoofers would have an advantage because of the increased frequency response. Plus the really low end frequencies are almost as much about feeling the sound than hearing it.

yeah. Anything much deeper than 30 cycles or so you start hearing the gaps between the cycles and its much more about feeling.

I could sometimes here the 18. The 19 and 20 I couldn't hear but they hurt. 17 seemed quieter and everything above it made me ill. Maybe that is Adam and Jamies brown note....

 

[tkidBOSTON]

Can I put up 2 votes for no? One for myself and one for my roommate, both 24.

 

[lem0n]

yikes, that hurts, now i feel dizzy and sick... such an unpleasant sound >_<

 

[SC68Cal]

I couldn't hear it from the attached ZIP file in the WAV format with lots of ambient noise, but I went into a quieter area and yeah I could hear it.

The one on the NY Times one was a lot louder

Checked that ringtone page, my hearing tops out at 17KHZ at the age of 19. I wonder if I had headphones on I would be able to hear the higher pitches, because I'm next to a main road and have my windows open and cars drive by occasionally, and I have the sound of the ocean

 

[jaysmith]

i definitely heard it, and i would never use that as a ringtone. if i'm in school then my phone is always in my pocket, so vibrate would be much better. it didn 't sound like a mosquito though, more high pitched and annoying. mosquito's are more of a buzz than this squeal. although my hearing is top notch because up until this spring i had a good buildup of ewax in my ears and my hearing was blocked. i never knew about it until i wdent to the doctor and they do the routine ear check. i though my hearing was normal, with nothing to tell me otherwise. so basically, i've gone years without losing hearing that the average teen and child loses. i had a week long headache after it was fixed and every little sound hurt. so yeah, i'm good for a while.

 

[Sesshi]

Careful turning up the sounds you can barely hear. Set it to a normal level for everyday sounds / music and then experiment.


And yes, I can hear it as a tone. 19khz and a little over I can only hear as something apart from background noise. And I'm probably old enough to be many members' dad.