Have you heard of 'The Mosquito'? This entry has nothing to do with my earlier one here.
Briefly, The Mosquito is a tone that supposedly emits a high-frequency pulsing noise that can only be heard by most people younger than 20 (and by nary a person older than 30).
So, I downloaded the tone and tested it out. I'm 30 something and I heard the tone !! And, I'm not that old afterall .. my ears are still sensitive and ear wax is not too thick. *grin* Then I played it for my colleagues. Most of them heard the tone except for 2 elderly colleagues. Said they can't hear anything but it's pretty annoying you know? How can you miss it ... unless it's proven to be true then !
Dare to take up the challenge? Listen to it and see whether you are teenager / adult / err .. elderly?
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My colleague actually downloaded that ringtone into his phone, and drove us all nuts with it. The ones below 30 could still hear up to 17kHz, but the ones after that, I couldn't hear anymore. We used to tease the older colleagues about it. But honestly, the sound is REALLY annoying after hearing it more than once. Drove my dog nuts :p
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