Lets give these "old farts" a test...

Post by **GlobalExtacy** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:50 pm

How many of you can hear this? I can here it quite well, and its very piercing.

Mosquito Tone

edit: bbcode is goofing up

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:52 pm

39 and yes I can hear it quite well. Fuck off.

Post by **GlobalExtacy** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:53 pm

Approaching the hump soon eh?

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:55 pm

The only hump is when I enter your starfish.

Post by **mik0rs** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:58 pm

I wonder if he gets funny soon.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:00 am

I doubt it.

Post by **Captain** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:22 am

These kids lack a spine.

Post by **tnf** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:45 am

No, but I'm glad this thing came out...it will be handy as another example when I'm teaching sound and the hear.
We discuss how the range of frequencies you can hear diminishes with age, now I've got a nice useful demonstration.

Post by **GlobalExtacy** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:46 am

I'm actually curious about the validity of it. I can here it well despite the age theories.

mik0rs: I'm not here for your entertainment...

Post by **GlobalExtacy** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:48 am

tnf wrote:No, but I'm glad this thing came out...it will be handy as another example when I'm teaching sound and the hear.
We discuss how the range of frequencies you can hear diminishes with age, now I've got a nice useful demonstration.

I recall in a physics class, the teacher used a tone generating program to show us the differences. It was very interesting. He adjusted to various levels and did an informal poll of who could hear it.

Post by **tnf** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:48 am

The age thing isn't a theory....the range of frequencies you can hear diminishes with age, especially the higher frequencies. There will obviously be variation within the population, but the idea holds true.

Post by **Denz** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:58 am

nope, can't hear it

Post by **tnf** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:00 am

Denz wrote:nope, can't hear it

THERE'S YOUR PROOF.

Post by **Denz** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:08 am

tnf wrote:
Denz wrote:nope, can't hear it
THERE'S YOUR PROOF.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:55 am

I can hear it. It's just not that loud.

Post by **duffman91** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:08 am

YourGrandpa wrote:I can hear it. It's just not that loud.

Yeah, without turning my volume up ridiculously high, I can't hear it.

23 :icon23:

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:11 am

22 and the thing played hell with my ears

Post by **Kat** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:37 am

duffman91 wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:I can hear it. It's just not that loud.
Yeah, without turning my volume up ridiculously high, I can't hear it.

23 :icon23:

Wierd, I can hear it when I do that, it's bloody quiet otherwise, 36. I'm assuming that this means it's not somethng that you suddenly stop hearing but instead a frequency volume that gradually decreases with age?

Post by **ForM** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:15 am

Playing Q3 for 5 years with headphones damaged my hearing.

Listening to crickets all the time is the suck.

Post by **Canis** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:41 am

I hear it and it annoys the fuck out of me. A dude at my lab has decided to blast that sound periodically and cause me to go twitching.

Post by **Bdw3** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:06 am

argh-- it's the noise CRTs and old TVs make. Quite irritating indeed.

Edit: hahah- a bit of ear/jaw manipulation and I was able to make myself not hear it.

I basically opened my mouth wide, and the sound vanished.
Not like "say ahhh" open, I mean using your jaw and stretching open. A yawn I suppose. :icon14:

I thought it was cool

....can't seem to do it anymore. :/

Post by **SoM** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:40 am

Bdw3 wrote:argh-- it's the noise CRTs and old TVs make. Quite irritating indeed.

Edit: hahah- a bit of ear/jaw manipulation and I was able to make myself not hear it.

I basically opened my mouth wide, and the sound vanished.
Not like "say ahhh" open, I mean using your jaw and stretching open. A yawn I suppose. :icon14:

I thought it was cool

....can't seem to do it anymore. :/

you just love streching that mouth open dont you

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:50 am

ForM wrote:Playing Q3 for 5 years with headphones damaged my hearing.

Listening to crickets all the time is the suck.

what a fucking moron...no joke...

Post by **tnf** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:17 pm

Kat wrote:
duffman91 wrote:
YourGrandpa wrote:I can hear it. It's just not that loud.
Yeah, without turning my volume up ridiculously high, I can't hear it.

23 :icon23:
Wierd, I can hear it when I do that, it's bloody quiet otherwise, 36. I'm assuming that this means it's not somethng that you suddenly stop hearing but instead a frequency volume that gradually decreases with age?

a frequency volume?

No, its the result of the loss/damage of hair cells lining the inner ear. Think of these kind of like tuning forks that resonate with a specific frequency and end up sending signals to the brain. When they are damanged, you lose ability to hear the frequencies the damaged cells would sort of resonate with.

Post by **Pooinyourmouth** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:55 pm

I'm 32 and that sound fucking destroyed me.