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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2006Ring tone that's silent to adults?
I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults cannot. It was said that when it was discovered, the tone was used in a store somewhere in Europe that had a teen population that the proprietors didn't want loitering, so they played this tone that adults couldn't hear, but it annoyed the hell out of kids. Weird. http://news.com.com/A+ring+tone+meant+to+fall+on+deaf+ears/2100-11395_3-6082685.html  SignatureCheryl > I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news > that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://news.com.com/A+ring+tone+meant+to+fall+on+deaf+ears/2100-1 > 1395_3-6082685.html An experiment - my cats seem to be able to hear this. I can't. Bonnie in particular looked very annoyed with me when I kept replaying it. I had the laptop volume turned all the way up. http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 SignatureCheryl >> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 I tried it and couldn't hear anything. I'll try it again later when Holly and Duffy are in the room to see if they react. I had heard of this experiment awhile ago but hadn't seen links to the audio (which really *isn't* audio to me). MaryL >>> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >>> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >MaryL I hear it, but you have to turn the volume up all the way. <G> Sort of like a mosquito buzzing. Hummmmm.... >>>> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >>>> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >I hear it, but you have to turn the volume up all the way. <G> Sort of >like a mosquito buzzing. Hummmmm.... I could just barely hear it, but Cinders came into the room, meowing loudly. This would suggest that she heard it better than I did. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >>>>> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >>>>> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > I could just barely hear it, but Cinders came into the room, meowing > loudly. This would suggest that she heard it better than I did. I tried it at normal volume by myself, heard nothing. Turned up my volume to 3x my normal volume, and heard an almost ultrasonic squeal. All 12 cats were having an almost-midnight snack behind me, so I turned to look. Weeble was the only one affected, and he was looking around as if to say "wha wuz dat, Mommy?". I played it again, and he looked around more, then left the room. About that same time I noticed Betty's tail do the "I'm annoyed" twitch, but she didn't stop munching. >>> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >>> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 Interesting. I tried it and heard it. It *is* a really annoying whine / whistle. My ears must be considerably younger than the rest of me! BTW, I didn't try it with the cats nearby; it's annoying enough for me - I wouldn't want to aggravate the cats (who think they're hard-done-by because AFA they're C, it's WAY PAST DINNERTIME) Tish > >>> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news > >>> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >> Bonnie in particular looked very annoyed with me when I kept > >> replaying it. I had the laptop volume turned all the way up. http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 > Interesting. I tried it and heard it. It *is* a really annoying > whine / whistle. My ears must be considerably younger than the rest [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Tish I couldn't hear it with my sound set the way it usually is, but when I turned it up, I heard it. I agree - it's extremely annoying. The cats weren't around when I tried it. Joy >Interesting. I tried it and heard it. It *is* a really annoying >whine / whistle. My ears must be considerably younger than the rest >of me! BTW, I didn't try it with the cats nearby; it's annoying >enough for me - I wouldn't want to aggravate the cats (who think >they're hard-done-by because AFA they're C, it's WAY PAST DINNERTIME) I could hear it perfectly well too - it hurt my ears! The cats ignored it though... I played it several times with them in the room and they didn't pay any attention to it. Now I know why computer-whine tends to annoy me when DH says 'what noise'? >An experiment - my cats seem to be able to hear this. I can't. >Bonnie in particular looked very annoyed with me when I kept >replaying it. I had the laptop volume turned all the way up. > >http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 Aaaaaahhhh!! What is that!!!??? That felt like someone was cutting a hole in my ear with a dentist's drill! > >http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 > Aaaaaahhhh!! What is that!!!??? That felt like someone was cutting a > hole in my ear with a dentist's drill! LOL, if we didn't know before, we now know who the young people are on this newsgroup. :) Joyce <--- couldn't hear it and Smudge <--- unimpressed > Joyce <--- couldn't hear it > and Smudge <--- unimpressed I take it back - I just played it again with the sound up, and could hear it perfectly. Well, I could hear *something*, anyway. :) If there was anything in that sound that I didn't hear, I guess I wouldn't know that. Smudge was once again not at all interested. I'm sure she could hear it just fine, she simply didn't care. Joyce > > >http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Joyce <--- couldn't hear it >and Smudge <--- unimpressed I am 48, and could just barely hear it with the volume turned all of the way up. It definitely wouldn't get my attention if there was background noise. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > the way up. It definitely wouldn't get my attention if there was > background noise. It doesn't seem to have much to do with age. I'm 70, and actually have a bit of a hearing problem. As I mentioned earlier, I couldn't hear it with the volume at the normal setting. However, when I turned it up, I heard it clearly. I then gradually turned it down and found that I needed just a little more volume than usual to be able to hear it. OTOH, I suspect that my late husband couldn't have heard it when he was 40. He was quite a bit younger than that when there was a cricket in our kitchen. It was so loud that it actually hurt my ears when I was in the kitchen. He couldn't hear it at all. Joy >>http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 >> > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >that it actually hurt my ears when I was in the kitchen. He couldn't hear >it at all. Loss of the ability to hear at a particular frequency isn't a function of age. It is a function of how much loud noise you have encountered at that particular frequency over the years. I remember reading about a hearing study done among a tribe of Indians in the Brazilian Amazon. The elderly folks had just a good a hearing range as the young children, as they had never been exposed to noise as loud as those of us in industrialized societies. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 EGAD! Missy *really* doesn't like it. She was curled up on my left arm when I played it. She MEOW!ed at me and left the room! SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe >> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 I just played the audio link again, this type with Holly perched on the seat desk right beside the computer monitor (a place she often rests on when I'm typing -- if she's not marching back and forth in front of the monitor). Once again, I couldn't hear anything; but Holly immediately became alert and stared intently at the screen. She even acted slightly alarmed. MaryL >> I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >> that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 I am an adult and I can most definitely hear that! Yikes, how annoying!!! Vino didn't seem bothered though. SignatureBritta Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >>that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 I can hear it and it's absolutely horrible! On the other hand Soncek heard it but was only mildly interested. Best wishes, POlonca and Soncek "polonca12000" <polonca12000@yahoo.com> wrote > > http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3 > I can hear it and it's absolutely horrible! On the other hand Soncek > heard it but was only mildly interested. Bet George Bush can't hear it. >Bet George Bush can't hear it. Being a former fighter pilot he probably can't. That job is hard on the ears, even if it was for only a few years. I heard of such a thing. It's called classical symphonic music. Read many years ago about a convenience store that tried everything to chase the teens away. Cause they were frightening the higher paying adult customers. Speakers at the roof edge, and symphonic music. SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . >I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news >that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >http://news.com.com/A+ring+tone+meant+to+fall+on+deaf+ears/2100-1 >1395_3-6082685.html > I don't get it. Are kids like dogs? LOL It's all over the news > that there is a frequency that kids can hear and most adults [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://news.com.com/A+ring+tone+meant+to+fall+on+deaf+ears/2100-11395_3-6082685.html I heard something very faintly, but Caliban definitely heard it. He came looking for the sound and then climbed into my lap and wanted cuddles. It's hard to tell if Miranda heard it, because she doesn't respond much to noises from the computer. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > this tone that >adults couldn't hear, but it annoyed the hell out of kids. Weird. I happened to have two cats sitting/lying right beside one of my speakers when I read this, so I downloaded it and ran the experiment. Results: Normal volume -- I couldn't hear it. Heidi reacted to it, but Will didn't. Full volume -- I could hear it; didn't find it all that irritating. Both cats reacted to it. SignatureWayne M. |
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