Can you hear it?

[Sparx]

This is the sound only teenagers can hear. Im 27 and i can hear it

The Teenager Audio Test - Can you hear this sound? - The Oatmeal

 

[Ch3tan]

This has already been posted here this year.

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/off-topic-21/237356-how-damaged-your-hearing.html

very glen.

 

[Sparx]

Not quite the same thing, the thing i posted is the sound alot of councils etc are using to get groups of kids to stop hanging around corners etc

 

[Ch3tan]

Yeah and the tone they play is a frequency above 15khz, as mentioned in the original thread, this cannot be heard by most people over 25.

also I believe that although councils proposed this sound deterrent earlier this year, it was never put into action because it violates human rights or something.

 

[Sparx]

its a horrible sound so i can understand why it would work

 

[Syri]

I'm 30 and I can hear it, and it's damn annoying. Only heard by under 25s? not quite...

 

[Ezteq]

well i'm 30 and I couldn't hear it...though I have appauling hearing at the best of times lol so I doubt I would have heard it when I was a teenager anyway...too busy pumping guns n roses into me lugs via my sony walkman...aaah them were the days!

 

[soze]

My Local Train station plays Classic FM or something similar that gets rid of the chavs.

 

[Sparx]

yeah my local tube station does too, its to minimise loitering but i enjoy it hehe

 

[Ezteq]

I think I did read somewhere that classical music actually does have a relaxing influence on people in that they are less likely to kick off if they are listening to it, so I think all public places should play it!


I'll do a test:

*feeds G/Pigs anger inducing drug*....

now vee see zeee guinea piks are fighting ja? Now I vill play zem zee classikal musik...

*plays classic FM*

Oh mein gott, vould shoo look at zat!!

*Errol bows to Tinkerbelle and G/Pigs waltz around carpet discussing poetry and floral arrangments*

Zis is zee pozitif proof zat classical musik giffs zee brain a more civilized perspektiff, sank shoo!
*lights pipe*

 

[Thadius]

im 24 and I can hear it

 

[Chronictank]

Argh that sounded horrible :S
25 and i could hear it very clearly
Guys in the office are 28 and 35 and could hear it too

 

[CorNokZ]

im 12 and can't hear it.. Guess it's because I'm not a teenager yet?

 

[mooSe_]

I'm 18 and I couldn't load the page

 

[Ch3tan]

I'm 18 and I couldn't load the page

lulz

 

[gohan]

I'm 18 and I couldn't load the page

ahahah same

 

[Zenith.UK]

I'm 35 and couldn't hear the sound because the page wouldn't load.
Using Ch3tan's page instead, I can hear clearly up to 18KHz. I can "feel" 19KHz more than hear it, and 20KHz is silent.

 

[gohan]

odd


i cant hear over 12000 on frequency but i have good hearing on everyday things, like i never have to ask people to repeat themselfs or anything and like at work if some one is talking to a customer through the glass like 10 meters away even if im in the middle of a conversation of my own i can still hear and follow both side of thier convo without either convo overlapping or confusing me





does that make me like a super hero?

 

[Nate]

Yes and I'm not a teenager and not over 25.

 

[Soazak]

I'm 24 and I couldn't hear it

 

[tris-]

i couldnt hear it because the sound was muted. then i unmuted the sound and i could hear it but im not over 25 or a teenager.

am i to understand that im a statistical anomaly as i rest within an undefined period of 5 years.

 

[mooSe_]

ok the page finally loaded and i could hear it clearly

 

[Overdriven]

22 and it made my ears bleed.

 

[megadave]

21 and could hear it


my brother is a teacher and said the kids have recorded the sound and use it as a ringtone in class because older teachers dont hear it

 

[Raven]

31 and I can hear it.

 

[Access Denied]

Couldn't be bothered to play it but if it's the high pitched whine type noise then I can hear it. They use it at the Morrisons near where I used to live, which wouldn't have been such a bad thing if I hadn't been working there! I'm 26 btw =P

 

[Hawkwind]

Old git and can't hear it.

 

[Nate]

I wonder how long till they get sued for damaging peoples hearing.

 

[old.Tohtori]

My hearing is weird.

I can hear a discussion over a crowded bar, but i might have to put the TV on louder. I can hear the "zrrrrrr" of a lightbulb when it's on it's last leg(and some mousetraps that even dogs shoudln't hear ), i can hear when a tv is on even with no sound(from the crt tv's), but i might have trouble hearing what people say.

But from what i heard, not hearing the TV and people is just due to distractions or some such.

Shame there's no good "hearing required" jobs around besides in a sub!

Oh and, the page didn't load

 

[Sparx]

i used to love that 'feeling' when you walked in a room and could tell the old tube TV was still switched on, used to think it was my special power, not sure how that could defeat crime though