Comments on: The Teenager Audio Test

By: Derrick

Derrick — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:32:40 +0000

it hurt my friggin ears!Its 5 minutes after and i still hear it.

By: xor

xor — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:33:20 +0000

i’m 25.
i won’t say i heard it “loud and clear” .

but i heard a high pitch noise followed by what i can only describe as somebody stabbing a needle in both ears !!

i can’t be mad .. but f*ck !!!

By: Rosin

Rosin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:38:03 +0000

Oh holy dear god that was awful. I’m 17 and it hurt.

By: alec

alec — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:51:17 +0000

17 years old, and can’t hear it at all.. Hm.. can’t be good Guess I’ll be deaf by the time I’m 40 I’m so using this to annoy other people tho…

By: JayTwilight

JayTwilight — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:01:57 +0000

Owwwww. My poor ears. Teenager, btw, so no suprise.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:35:12 +0000

I’m 55 and I heard it. Of course, I had to download the audio first and turned it way up but it was annoying for sure! Oh yeah, I’m deaf in one ear.

By: Leeniie

Leeniie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:39:07 +0000

18. I heard it, but it didn’t bother me too much. Maybe after awhile I would get annoyed.

By: HownDoog

HownDoog — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:22:27 +0000

I heard it. (17)
My little cousin heard it. (10)
My dad heard it. (40)
My two aunts didn’t hear it. (45 and 47)
My dog heard it. (6)

Though this isn’t a test of a dog’s hearing.
I’m sure there’s more to it than just
your regular hearing since a lot of
kids I know have horrible hearing due
to music, but can hear this.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:56:20 +0000

I have never been able to hear things over 8000 mHz, even as a baby, and so my ears don’t even know there’s a noise here. So, I would have been one of those kids hanging around and being a nuisance despite the “deterrent”, hehe. Am 42 by the way.
And am also fascinated to find out that TVs and fluorescent lights make all kinds of noises I never knew about.

By: Dixie

Dixie — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:17:29 +0000

45 going on 46 , i heard it by turning the speakers up

By: Average Jane

Average Jane — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:04:51 +0000

I’m 41 and I’ve been in loud rock bands since I was a teenager, but I could still hear it.

By: minokawa

minokawa — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:20:37 +0000

im 15 and i dont hear anything, should i be worried?

By: just a guy

just a guy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:39:25 +0000

@Anise

There are a lot of people out there who can’t hear it. My boss couldn’t. And half of my nearby coworkers could and the other half couldn’t. As you might guess, the trend seemed to favor ‘the younger’ for hearing it.

By: Mo

Mo — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:18:18 +0000

Darn – guess I can no longer tell anyone I’m 25. Played it for my son, and he could hear it and said it was quite annoying and to turn it off cause he couldn’t hear Madagascar.

By: Anise

Anise — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:28:46 +0000

I find it hard to believe that very many people out there can’t hear this tone. It’s loud, irritating, and clear as a bell, which seems to be what almost everyone is saying. (I’m 39, btw). This has been making the rounds of the net for quite a while, which can be easily gleaned by the silliness about “teenagers using it as a ring tone” (why would anyone bother with that when you can text message?)

By: Bobo

Bobo — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:47:30 +0000

Yep, I’m 21. They blast that at the train station to get rid of teenagers, it’s really annoying.

By: intelnm

intelnm — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:45:48 +0000

i can hear it and im in my 30′s but i going to pass it along to other people.

By: Capella

Capella — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:58:40 +0000

Im 31 and i hear it, and as someone said – its an unsettling feeling and it sticks with you for a little. Brrrrr.

By: a

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:57:46 +0000

anyone else get a trojan virus notification from their virus protection software when they clicked on this link?

By: just a guy

just a guy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:08:46 +0000

Hear of this before a few year ago, and it made me wince. I can hear this one too, today (I’m 30), but it’s not as painful as I recall. Perhaps its a different ‘sharpness’ recording.

Of course, there are bound to be exceptions, but the theory behind this is that as humans age, we lost the ability to percieve higher frequency noises. And some people are just better at it. Like, when you walk into a room and you can ‘sense’ a TV is on somewhere. That’s just a high pitched noise that is barely registering.

By: lakelady

lakelady — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:55:31 +0000

there’s something funky about this tone. I hear one midrange tone loud and clear but if I turn my head slightly there’s another very annoying high pitched tone as well. I hear both just fine and I’m 51

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:46:07 +0000

I heard it loud and clear. I’m 22.

By: Homer J. Simpson

Homer J. Simpson — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:45:30 +0000

I’m 29 and I could hear it.

By: gdw3

gdw3 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:18:57 +0000

I’m 46 and I heard it clearly. AND I used to be a drummer!

By: Ben Skeleton

Ben Skeleton — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:05:06 +0000

I’m 30 and I did hear it, but it was quiet and subtle.

“i’m calling BS that it has anything to do being under 25 years old. my statistics professor would agree.”

Your professor would be disappointed in you. The comments here are not a representative sample for meaningful statistical inference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)

By: shecky

shecky — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:11:33 +0000

42 and can hear it.

Part of the reason is that the audio file is fairly loud to begin with. Played through the crappy speakers hooked up to my computer it can be heard. the kids can hear it at a lower level than I.

The sound reminds me of being a kid walking past a store that had CCTV systems. It sounds like a noisy TV, what is it, the flyback circuit?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:10:14 +0000

I’m 29 too and I heard it pretty well. I wonder if the online version doesn’t work as well as the real life version.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:46:56 +0000

I’m 29 and I heard it loud and clear. It reminds me of when a TV with the volume turned off is on some where in the house.

By: harry

harry — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:25:17 +0000

I couldn’t hear it, but I could feel it turn on.

By: neato-josh

neato-josh — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:13:51 +0000

so it appears about 95% of the posters heard this sound, including myself at age 24. very few under 25 and very few over 25 that “didn’t hear it.”

i’m calling BS that it has anything to do being under 25 years old. my statistics professor would agree.

By: princess_kessie

princess_kessie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:40:58 +0000

38 here, and I think my ears are bleeding.

Hubby’s 37, and he can’t hear a thing.

By: gonzilla

gonzilla — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:20:26 +0000

A friend of mine sent this link.
Here is what she wrote:

I heard it. Below is an article about it. It has pure sine wave tones that are the true tone. The mosquito claims to be 17Hz, but obviously if you listen to the sine waves, it is not. Regardless, I can hear all the tones in the sine waves. The 18Hz is barely audible to me, but my ears cringe when it is playing anyway. Then again…I have dog … Read Moreears…which is why I’m an Electronic Voice Phenomena specialist. Lemme know if you can hear those tones as well.

http://saunderslog.com/2006/06/12/the-mosquito-ring-tone-this-adult-ca n-hear-it/

By: YellowSS06

YellowSS06 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:46:40 +0000

I’m 28 and I heard it. My coworker also said he could, and he’s 40.

By: LaraAtHome

LaraAtHome — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:15:46 +0000

Could barely hear it, but it made my ears ring and hurt. They’re still ringing. 34 here.

By: Chakolate

Chakolate — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:51:49 +0000

This is some sort of prank. I’m fifty-six and I heard it quite loudly, with my speakers on low. It wasn’t even particularly irritating, just a rather insistent hum. It wasn’t high-pitched, either.

By: yosh hash

yosh hash — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:48:03 +0000

I’m freakin’ 42, folks, and I can hear it! Thanks for making my day!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:17:12 +0000

It hurts my brain! I can hear it LOUD and clear (22), but it effects inside my head more than my ears.
If I had to hear that as I was walking through a mall I think my head would explode

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:11:09 +0000

I agree with Frau! Perfect!

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:06:59 +0000

I’m 51. I couldn’t hear it the first time. The second time I turned up the volume full blast and I could hear it. The third time I turned the volume down a bit. I can’t say I actually heard anything, but yet it hurt my ears and left them ringing!

By: monkey_town

monkey_town — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:02:35 +0000

I’m 21 and this sound was god-awful! I cringed when it started to play and at the end I thought my ears would bleed. This sounds like the cat-deterrent sound that plays when cats get to close to my boyfriend’s outdoor goldfish pond – you get desperate to get away from it.

By: Ant

Ant — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:56:13 +0000

Heard nothing. I am over 30.

By: wickethewok

wickethewok — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:54:43 +0000

That is… loud…

By: Diinzumo

Diinzumo — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:28:47 +0000

I can hear it–it’s annoying and gave me a headache. I’m 44.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:00:52 +0000

Damn I about threw my headphones when that came on. That piercing sound near made my head want to explode.

By: Patricio

Patricio — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:56:47 +0000

I can hear it!!!! I’m 40, I was a professional club DJ for 4 years and I blew my ears out, I listen to music WAY too loud on my iPod and in my car, but I can still hear it! Take it from me, kids, go ahead and rock out!!!!!

By: Cori

Cori — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:51:22 +0000

The sound really bothers me. I’ve had experience with it. When a friend found out how much it bothers me in high school, he’d open a tone generator on a laptop and play the noise. And the teachers would be totally clueless as to why I was yelling at him. >.>

By: Orion

Orion — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:47:57 +0000

I’m 25, I can barely hear it, but it was also physically painful… My cat heard it though, as soon as I hit play, he woke up!

By: allywe

allywe — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:43:41 +0000

I’m 18 and my ears are ringing. Really annoying…

By: Vague

Vague — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:44:45 +0000

21 and I can hear it. It’s not painful and I hear the same noise from most large electronic devices. My next-door neighbors’ TV is making that noise right now.
I’m a middle school teacher and my kid’s don’t use this noise as a ringtone but once I heard it from a Nintendo DS that a student ‘forgot’ to turn off in my class. Surprisingly the kid’s couldn’t hear it…. Magical teacher ability?

By: Christophe

Christophe — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:21:22 +0000

What are y’all talking about? There’s no sound!
Just my good’old tinnitus