Kids find ringtone adults can't hear....example inside

**CaptainCaveMan** · 06-12-2006, 05:24 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/te...syahoo&emc=rss

A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears

In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.

In settings where cellphone use is forbidden — in class, for example — it is perfect for signaling the arrival of a text message without being detected by an elder of the species.

"When I heard about it I didn't believe it at first," said Donna Lewis, a technology teacher at the Trinity School in Manhattan. "But one of the kids gave me a copy, and I sent it to a colleague. She played it for her first graders. All of them could hear it, and neither she nor I could."

The technology, which relies on the fact that most adults gradually lose the ability to hear high-pitched sounds, was developed in Britain but has only recently spread to America — by Internet, of course.

Here is the ringtone....i can hear it. I wonder if any of you older guys can hear it or not.

http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3

**third_shift|studios** · 06-12-2006, 05:56 AM

Ohhh My God! My Ears Are Bleeding!!!

**thatoneguy12986** · 06-12-2006, 06:10 AM

Yeah, I could hear it and it's fucking annoying.

**MegaMan** · 06-12-2006, 06:20 AM

just put it on vibrate.

**gettin sideways** · 06-12-2006, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by MegaMan

just put it on vibrate.

**Blitzed** · 06-12-2006, 06:50 AM

My dad couldn't hear it, and damn it hurt my ears

**norm43a** · 06-12-2006, 07:28 AM

I read this article this morning. Very interesting.

**toneloc60** · 06-12-2006, 08:06 AM

I could hear it clear as could be. It's funny though, non of my co-workers could.

BTW, I'm 25.

meanZ97 · 06-12-2006, 08:35 AM

im 20 and i couldnt hear it.

**eddielb** · 06-12-2006, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by dipherentdesign

Ohhh My God! My Ears Are Bleeding!!!

Same here

**gjb** · 06-12-2006, 09:50 AM

I could hear it if I were listening for it, but if someone had it on their device and it went off, I probably wouldn't.

Pretty cool idea, I guess.

G

**whitelightnin99** · 06-12-2006, 09:58 AM

i could hear it just fine ( im 27) but if i wasnt looking for it i might not hear it. Plus i doubt kids can just leave their phones on their desk, really dont think id hear it from inside a bookbag. i agree with just putting it on vibrate

**predator** · 06-12-2006, 03:13 PM

23 and nothing... not shit... is it a joke or what?

damn sub woofers...

-me

**Hi-Po** · 06-12-2006, 03:18 PM

i have 2 competion subs and a very nice 2400 watt amp that blows my drums about every day. i can still hear that annoying ass shit.

**predator** · 06-12-2006, 03:21 PM

not a joke... played it again and my cat just freaked the hell out...

-me

**BADBLUE02** · 06-12-2006, 03:34 PM

I heard it. I don't think I would of paid attention to the noise if I wasn't listening for the sound.

***Ed Blown Vert*** · 06-12-2006, 06:37 PM

My ears!

**jacobyb** · 06-12-2006, 06:58 PM

I'm 30 and I can still hear it.

**myk02k** · 06-12-2006, 07:03 PM

i had a headache before i listened to that. now its worse.

**oneBADDz** · 06-12-2006, 07:06 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I couldn't hear a thing so I turned it up all the way and the chick I live with was freaking out telling me it hurt and to turn it off.