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13th June 2006, 06:53 AM
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How good is your hearing?
Thought this was pretty interesting and thought I'd share: http://www.ochenk.com/entry.php?id=63
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13th June 2006, 07:01 AM
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13th June 2006, 12:58 PM
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There was a news item yesterday, I think, about ring tones being set in that range to avoid adults getting annoyed or hearing calls for the teens.
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13th June 2006, 08:22 PM
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I can appearantly hear up to 18,000 hz. 19,000 I'm no longer able to hear. Must have been those times I went shooting without hearing protection.
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13th June 2006, 08:38 PM
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Those are some horrific sounds there. I kept expecting a fly and a ring to appear on the screen.
I also think the mp3s are screwed up, because I definitely hear something loud and clear all the way up to 20,000 but silence higher than that, which are the wavs. This should be redone with just wavs for a proper test..
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13th June 2006, 09:12 PM
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Ummm.... 11,000 = 61yrs = birth of Rock & Roll = nice & quiet retirement... 
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14th June 2006, 03:56 AM
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Well...12000 = 56yrs = Woodstock Nation = no more Who or Blue Cheer.
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15th June 2006, 12:32 PM
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me, not the worst hearing in the world. im married though, so its selective...very selective...
what honey....??
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21st June 2006, 01:43 AM
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You know, upon closer inspection, I didn't test it out right. If you raise the volume too much on some speakers, there will be some slight feedback effect. That's not the sound itself and that's what I was hearing. I don't really hear much at around 17,000. This is awesome. I wish I had one of those alarms to give flight to those "mosquitos". Where could I buy one??
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21st June 2006, 04:25 AM
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A Fender Strat and a amp in my right ear did me in...
WOW I actually got to 16000
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21st June 2006, 04:26 AM
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Hmmm--guess I'm about par with Bob at 12k or so.
Too many years of old R--n--R played too loud.
Or maybe it's just the tintinitus is louder in either ear?
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21st June 2006, 03:55 PM
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There was a news item yesterday, I think, about ring tones being set in that range to avoid adults getting annoyed or hearing calls for the teens.
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In Amsterdam, very high tones are used to keep away young people from hanging around the stations. When you hear such a sound for more then a few minutes, you get completely crazy
Older people don't hear it.
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21st June 2006, 04:04 PM
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sounds like one hell of a consiracy to curb youths...man why isnt everyone using this??
for the record i am 21 but what the hey!!
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21st June 2006, 04:11 PM
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sounds like one hell of a consiracy to curb youths...man why isnt everyone using this??
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Lol
Some pupils are using such sound so that the teachers can't hear it when their phone rings.
Btw: I (16 years) can hear everything til 20.000Hz, that's the same as my 10 year old brother, so my ears are quote good compared to my age  (or my speakers can't send out a higher tone)
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22nd June 2006, 12:43 AM
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What?? Can't Hear You
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