Parent Alert: Students find ring tone adults can't hear

[Breeze54]

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/06/12/students_find_ring_tone_adults_cant_hear/

Students find ring tone adults can't hear

June 12, 2006

NEW YORK --

Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class -- and many teachers can't even hear the ring.

Some students are downloading a ring tone off the Internet that is too high-pitched to be heard by most adults.
With it, high schoolers can receive text message alerts on their cell phones without the teacher knowing.

As people age, many develop what's known as aging ear -- a loss of the ability to hear higher-frequency sounds.

The ring tone is a spin-off of technology that was originally meant to repel teenagers -- not help them.
A Welsh security company developed the tone to help shopkeepers disperse young people loitering
in front of their stores while leaving adults unaffected.
The company called their product the "Mosquito."

Donna Lewis, a teacher in Manhattan, says her colleague played the ring for a classroom of first-graders --
and all of them could hear it, while the adults couldn't hear anything.

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This may explain a lot! :)

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Oh dear. That is sooo depressing!!! But on the other hand, I wish they

would learn to TALK on their cell phones in that same hi-pitched frequency.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Kutjara]

2. One of life's little ironies.

Our hearing is best when we listen least. When we finally learn to listen, we're too deaf to hear anything.

[lillilbigone]

3. So... where can I get it? nt

[Breeze54]

4. I have no idea...er...

maybe search for "mosquito tone"? :shrug:

Why? Who are you going to torture??
:rofl:

[shanti]

5. this is a duplicate post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1406712

[Breeze54]

9. Actually, that was from

the NYT. Thanks for the link, but I wasn't aware that the other post existed.
Mine is from The Boston Globe.

The other one-->
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
By PAUL VITELLO The New York Times

Is it bothering you? :shrug:

[shanti]

13. yeah

*self-edited for gratuitous snarkiness*

peace

[knitter4democracy]

6. I'll bet I could hear it.

I seem to have inherited my dad's hearing--it gets more sensitive as the years go by. Everything's loud now, and I've found so many noises to get super-annoying lately. Preggers teachers would definitely hear it--I was amazed at how sensitive my hearing was during both of my pregnancies. I was still teaching during my first one, and I constantly had trouble with the students being too loud or messing around.

[Breeze54]

11. I forgot about that!

Sensitive hearing during pregnancy! It's been awhile for me, thank gawd! ;)
Never going back again! lol!

[lies and propaganda]

7. its called "vibrate"

or maybe even 'silent.'

theres no need to download anything extra when you already have those two options.

[BlooInBloo]

8. Aboslute bullshit. I can hear it just fine. It's annoying as hell, too.

[Breeze54]

10. I wouldn't know

if I could, would I? :rofl:

I guess I could do a test?

Naw! ;)

[zbdent]

12. now here's an idea - if you get too many kids hanging around

put the ring tone on our speakers and play it constantly . . . :evilgrin:

[RagAss]

14. Can the NSA hear it ??

[RB TexLa]

15. that is too funny