March 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 PM

Hearing Test: Hear Like a Teenager

255523,300,300,p,nHere’s a fun Monday afternoon test for this otherwise dreary February day. Noise Addicts, an audio and music-related e-magazine, has just proposed a test to determine just how your hearing stands up over the years.  

The test is simple. Click here to listen to an audio clip. If you can hear it, I reckon you’ll find it annoying as sin (as I certainly did). If you can’t hear it, don’t fret, as the clip is a registered high frequency tone that most adults cannot hear due to even the slightest amount of hearing loss.  

This tone has grown to some prominence as a popular cell phone ringer for high school students, as most teachers are unable to hear the tone. In other areas, the tone has been used by adults as a kid-thwarting device, placed wherever teen loitering is at an all-time high.  Pretty clever, either way you cut it. 

So go ahead. Turn on those speakers and give the test a whirl, and let me know it turns out.   

By Frank Deserto

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  1. March 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 PM { # }

    Judy Berman said:

    I’m really surprised I could hear that after living through an entire My Bloody Valentine concert sans earplugs…

  2. March 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 PM { # }

    eden said:

    its great!

  3. March 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 PM { # }

    Jens Carstensen said:

    HILARIOUS choice of photo!

  4. March 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 PM { # }

    natty said:

    Wow. It’s low and sounds like what I hear on a daily basis in my ears everyday. But, I can faintly hear it! Even with my tinnitus! I guess my ears ain’t so bad as I thought they were eh?

  5. March 2nd, 2009 at 2:00 PM { # }

    Dana said:

    >_< eww, it feels like a thin wire was going straight through the back of my head through my ears as I could hear the sound.

March 19th, 2010 at 6:32 PM