Music | November 21, 2008 | 12 comments

How young are your ears?

source: http://journal.plasticmind.com/ears/mosquito-tone-or-how-to-tell-youre-a-youngun/

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Here is a list of mosquito tones that you can test your hearing by... I can hear all the way up to 18 Khz.

... a "mosquito tone" is simply a 17KHz sine wave that geeky youngsters have been known to use on their cell phone to alert them when they've got a text message so the teachers can't hear it. See, studies say that most of us old folks (I'm over 30 now) can't hear much above the 13-14KHz range.
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12 comments // How young are your ears?

  • vintage_nouveau13
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      vintage_nouveau13  

    • I can hear all of them, but I'm 17. I was a little worried after that of Montreal concert I went to a couple weeks ago, my ears were ringing for several days.

    • 3 years ago
  • pennyharford
  • rajunk007
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      rajunk007  

    • uhhh...i got a question...

      do i blast my speakers to the max for this experiment?
      if so i can hear up to 18...

      if not...well i guess it depends on what volume it's at...

      but great link....thank you

    • 3 years ago
  • taintedview
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      taintedview  

    • i didnt think id be able to hear them all, ive played in loud deathmetal bands for years. I hear noises like that every once in a while but i cant figure out what it is. Also, in the article it says something about no one being able to lick their elbow...i know someone who can do it.

    • 3 years ago
  • ix3bumblebeetuna
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      ix3bumblebeetuna  

    • I can hear 18 just fine too. To me, there's only a slight difference between 11 and 18. but i'm only 17 years old, so i guess it's supposed to be that way for me?

    • 3 years ago
  • stopnoise
    • 0
      stopnoise  

    • Now you guys are going to say that I am hearing too much. I got all of it up to 18KHz. They are very distinct high pitched sounds excepted by the 18KHz where it starts to fade off to a low frequency. Looks like the students will not be able to pull this trick on me.

    • 3 years ago
  • rainbowryan420
  • 2muchinfo
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      2muchinfo  

    • Could only hear up to 15KHz with no headphones on. With headphones on I could hear all over them except for 16KHz.
      I wouldn't be able to hear 16KHz and up unless I was doing this

    • 3 years ago
  • sdotsmiley
  • samiam18
  • simplecj
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      simplecj  

    • I'm 28 years old and I can hear 17 just fine. I can hear 18, but it's very faint and almost disappears if I tilt my head at different angles.

      Interesting, especially for someone who had ear infections and tubes as a youngster. They told me I had hearing damage, but I swear that I have better hearing than most people now that I'm older.

      Another interesting thing is that the few years I went raving and often found myself in front of a throbbing wall of speakers, I don't think it damaged my hearing at all!

    • 3 years ago
  • Alanisnotcool
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