Silent ringtone??

dragona

Apparently there is one, and I want it! It is said that people over 30 cannot hear it, but I can.....(WAY over 30 )

http://audio.cbsnews.com/2006/06/12/audio1701350.mp3

Would come in rather handy..... Anyone know where I can get it without having to pay €5 a week??

#Smokey#

its called the mosquito ringtone and you need the .WAV format i think so that link is useless.

I will have a look anyway for it


EDIT: Found it!

http://www.jetcityorange.com/toys/17KHz.wav

dragona

Thanks - clicked on your link and it is anything but silent A real screech!

#Smokey#

i know try listening to it for 20 mins (dont ask why).

dragona

I'm gonna ask

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why? I think I'd rather stab myself in the eye than have it on for 20 mins..

#Smokey#

well i was bored in work and left it on for 20 mins and got older people to come in and asked them if they heard a screeching sound.oh and some people over 40 can hear it too. very surprised by that

dragona

Erm, I'm not surprised at all, as it is not actually SILENT.

melekalikimaka

i have that on my phone, i use it to make small children that annoy me cry

dragona

Ha! that is mean.
But how can I get it

#Smokey#

dragona wrote:

Erm, I'm not surprised at all, as it is not actually SILENT.

but for older people it should not be in their hearing range and thus would make it seem silent to older people.

@melekalikimaka:

evil b*stard haha

melekalikimaka

dragona wrote:

Ha! that is mean.
But how can I get it

humm i can't remember where i gotit, ya could just convert it to mp3 and use it then.

small kids actually find it unbareable they start screaming and the parents are oblvious, its hilarious, especial when i worked in a shop and the month starts giving out to the kids and i'm sniggering with my phone under the counter

#Smokey#

here is a link to the mp3 version

http://www.freemosquitoringtone.com/

byte

Well, unfortunately I can hear it. It sounds like a dodgy television transformer!

#Smokey#

mp3 version is an iffy one try teh .WAV one

KTRIC

I can hear it, it sounds like a very high pitched tone.

My bother had it on his phone before and he told me I wouldn't be able to hear it because I'm too old (27 by the way:rolleyes: )

Am I hearing the right thing ? At what age is this inaudable ?

joe_dunne

Hi all,

Well im 30 and i cant hear a thing.
My hearing is kinda screwed from years of going to gigs tho.

Joe

Sam Vimes

there's no set age for not being able to hear it. its a 17kHz frequency. the official range of human hearing is 2kHz-20kHz but that's just the average. a five year old might not be able to hear it.

it would drive dogs mad because they can hear up to 100kHz. that's how dog whistles work

Mad Dog

Put this on my phone last night, I can't hear anything and really thought I was being wound up and today in the car I put my bluetooth headset on and could hear it.

Then when I got home I tried it out on my 4 neices who range from ages 8 to 13 and they were going mad telling me to stop it.

Unbelievable really :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

ciaran76

I am having great fun in work as its sending people mad

I keep playing it every hour or so and some people are saying they can hear noise and others can't and the people who can't hear it are thinking the others are crazy

Going to get the bus home tonight !!!! See what fun I can have there !!!

Can't believe a 30 year old man can have such fun with something so simple

dragona

I know! Its a scream! Through my speakers on the pc I can hear it as a screech - on my phone as an mp3 ringtone, I cant hear it at all but kids can - I was driving them mad with it last night.

Pythia

Commander Vimes wrote:

there's no set age for not being able to hear it. its a 17kHz frequency. the official range of human hearing is 2kHz-20kHz but that's just the average. a five year old might not be able to hear it.

it would drive dogs mad because they can hear up to 100kHz. that's how dog whistles work

As you get older you tend to not be able to hear higher frequencies that you once could. Just like how eyesight deteriorates.
Everyone's different, but in general this is the case.