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How young are your ears?

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.
  • added November 21, 2008
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12 responses // How young are your ears?

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    yea i heard 18 just as easily as i heard 11

    Alanisnotcool
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    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!

    simplecj
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    Lame. i'm 18 and could only hear up to 16KHz clearly 18 had no sound. Must've been the ipod blasting in my ears that ruined hearing.

    sdotsmiley
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    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

    2muchinfo
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    my dad couldn't hear it even with his hearing aids

    rainbowryan420
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    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.

    stopnoise
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    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?

    ix3bumblebeetuna
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    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.

    taintedview
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    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

    rajunk007
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    I could hear 15, but barely, I am 57. cool link.

    pennyharford
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    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.

    vintage_nouveau13

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