If you're old, you can read this but not hear it

[atgcpaul]

Just watching the morning news. Apparently, there's a cell phone ring tone
younger people can hear but older people may have lost the ability to hear.
I'm thinking about piping this sound outside during the summer to keep kids
out of my yard. I can hear it; my wife who is 2 years older than me can't.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12ring.html

Here's the tone:

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

Paul

[cgallery]

Neither I, or my black lab, have any problems hearing it. My wife, OTOH, cannot. Both my kids (17/11) hear it as well.

[Crash2510]

i can hear it but it is really annoying

[Duff]

neither my wife nor I could hear it (38/38) and my 7 year old son did . . .

Wife was cussing me... thinking I'm playing a prank...

EDIT... I cranked up the volume on the computer and both of us could finally hear it. YEAH, we're not old. . . . . (Right)

[Pappy]

Even with the volume all the way up...Nothing!

[iceman61]

My 11 yr old nephew says he hears a high pitch squeal. My 7yr old son reported it as a medium pitch squeal. I can hear a thing, but all the dogs on my block started howling. lol

[Black wallnut]

At first i could not hear it, now I can. I think my speakers were too low of volume the first time. Sorry I can not change my vote. New powers allow me to change my vote

[cabinetman]

It is hard to hear anything when hearing a router buzzing in your ear. Doctor says it's tinnitus (ringing in the ears).
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[Whaler]

I can't hear it on either link.

[Bruce Cohen]

Well, I guess its time to put me out on an ice flow for the Polar bears to eat. Can't hear a blessed thing, and yes, I tried using headphones.

Older than dirt

Bruce

[Ed62]

Can't hear it at all. But that doesn't surprise me since I've had problems hearing high frequency sounds for quite a while. I can't even hear the microwave signal going off unless I'm pretty close to it.

Ed

[MilDoc]

Annoying pure tone, but my almost 60 year old ears hear it. Cats hate it.

[JoeyGee]

As soon as I played it, my 3 yeard old daughter yelled "Ow, my ears hurt" and covered them. I heard it too, and it is really annoyning.

[JeffG78]

Both my wife (40) and I (42) heard it with the laptop volume turned up a bit. It was audible, but not annoying like it hurt or anything.

[gsmittle]

Can't hear it at all. Then again, I have the sound on my laptop turned off...

g.