Teenager repellent "Mosquito" turned into ringtone

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^^Yeah, i can hear the sound on my speakers(which are rather cheap) but not on my headphones(which are of excellent quality)...

So is it that i am not able to hear the sound on my headphones or the headphone speakers are unable to produce sound :huh:
 
^^:rofl: :rofl:

Anyone using this as the ringtone in their phones?

EDIT: tried it as a ringtone on the phone, its audiable but very lightly, can hear it when i keep the phone speakers close to my ears
 
Hi Guys

Few days ago read about it on VRZone Forums

Next day this ringtone had become a front page news in "Mumbai Mirror"

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VRZone Link:- http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=74386

Mumbai Mirror Link:- http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=1&articleid=6132006234797506132006234649437

New York Times - A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
Link:- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/t...=th&adxnnlx=1150258950-mkRdIYVc5J0bHza8b0+RAg

Ringtone Link:- http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3

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MumbaiMirror Website said:
TEENBUZZ WILL SPEED UP HEARING LOSS

Watch out youngsters! Using the 'TeenBuzz' ringtone may give teenagers an edge over adults, but its high pitch will cause faster deterioration of their eardrums.

Dr Mohan Jagade, well-known ENT specialist and plastic surgery, is at pains to point out that the human ear is tuned to hearing sounds only in the range of 512-1024 Hz. Anything lower or higher, will bring on hearing disability.

"Given that this particular ringtone is in the range of 18,000 Hz, it goes without saying that people - especially youngsters - need to avoid it or they will end up damaging their ears," said Dr Jagade, secretary of ENT Association of Maharashtra and also the president of Indian Society of Facial Plastic Surgery.
"I would request them to have normal ringtones for their own benefit," he added.

THE ORIGIN OF THE BUZZ

'TeenBuzz' owes its origins to a 'teen-repellent' gadget called Mosquito. Its inventor Howard Stapleton described it as a device 'almost all of those aged below 20 can hear while almost nobody aged above 30 can'.

The idea occurred to Stapleton from a childhood experience. When 12, he had once accompanied his father to a welding shop where the high-pitched whining of the machines hurt his ears. But he noticed that the welders themselves heard nothing. He came to know that children can hear sounds of very high frequency. This ability decreases as a person ages.

It was this observation which he put to use while inventing Mosquito. It emitted a sound on a very high frequency (18,000-Hz) that adults failed to hear, but proved very irritating to teens, thus keeping them out.

The result was the Mosquito - the world's first teen-repellent which was launched last November.
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Source:- http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=2&articleid=

This link also has peoples views on this ringtones some cud hear some couldnt.
Guys just gave this ringtone a try at home i could hear it mom couldnt.
Even my sis could hear hear it clearly.

Just Give it a try. ;)
 
its the same sound that comes from TV. I can listen to it too. Can make out if a TV is on or not even in mute a room away. Weird, but true.

I'm the only one in my family that can hear that.
 
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