In the age-old battle between teenagers and adults, teens may be gaining ground...at least when it comes to cell phones. In what sounds like every teacher's and parent's nightmare, a new ring tone has been created that many adults over 40 are simply unable to hear.

The ring tone is a spin-off of technology that was originally meant to repel teenagers. 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." (Think dog whistle, with a twist.) The ring, named Teen Buzz, is a high-pitched sound, based on the fact that most adults lose the ability to hear high-pitched sounds. It has spread like wildfire over the Internet.

Can YOU hear it? Click here! (http://audio.cbsnews.com/2006/06/12/audio1701350.mp3)
^^ Turn your volume on.

PS. Try asking your parents ;)

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Try it now.. I think I fixed it.

ah!! two seconds of that and ouch my ears! i had my sound off and at first i couldnt figure out if it was on but then it went on.

I can hear it, but it's just an annoyance. It doesn't "kill" my ears per say.

I can hear it, but it's just an annoyance. It doesn't "kill" my ears per say.
Yes, but see if someone past their 40's can hear it. I can hear it, my mother can't.

I can see how that would be useful, but I think I'd rather throw my cell phone in a pool than listen to that every time my phone rang...

Plus, all my teachers are in their twenties.. I don't think it'd be that useful to me anyways, once any teacher found out that was actually a ring tone..

I agree with OathKeeper on that one. I'd rather burn my cell phone than listen to that 28398137821 times a day >_<

at first i kept hearing it ring and now i have MCR stuck in my head but anyways, i broguht my brothers in and the smallest one said "what is wrong with your room??"

lol!

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it cost $3.00 plus My Parnets Watched it on the news and they could not hear it but I could I guess its a study of the hearing people about in there 35 on up cants here in I dont think 30's can but kids and MAYBE 20 year olds can.

I heard it. I have really good hearing. I wear glasses, so my hearing is excellent!

I cant hear it...Im not an adult, not a teen, maybe thats why?

Wow! I felt like i was being attacked by this raido watchamacallit that only i can hear. Too bad my parents are deaf, i cannot let them try to listen -.-

This is what I call a Beeper Gone Hay-wire! Even though its annoying I kinda like it lol! I wonder what happens if I turn the volume all the way up?!LOL

Whoah.. that thing is evil.
Gotta try it on my parents >8D But they're sleeping T_T

he he... do it cakee do it... lol.

im going to test it on my mom

he he.

That things annoying, its like one of the little girls screaming in a horror movie.
And now I have a head-ach

Woot! I tried it Full Blast! Now that was cool! I really need surrownd(sp?) Sound on this computer!

My TV make that noise @_@ if you turn off the cable and leave the TV on it makes that noise and my mom and dad can not hear it @_@

Whoah, full blast is cool!

Woot! I tried it Full Blast! Now that was cool! I really need surrownd(sp?) Sound on this computer!

ROFL your ears will be ringing for days.

My TV make that noise @_@ if you turn off the cable and leave the TV on it makes that noise and my mom and dad can not hear it @_@
I'm guessing that's what they're basing it off of. It's a lower pitch than the TV, as in adults have heard a TV way longer than kids have, and are used to the noise.

Wow, my sister, who is only a teen, said that she can't she it, but I can. Odd..

I feel so left out :( My sister is with me, who can hear it, when i turned it onshe screamed :P I was sitting on the couch not responding. I NEED to hear it!
Uggh am i like 40 and i dont know it?

I just read Schmoofys post, my sister said that she hears the TV thing too! I dont! gosh and im youger than her >_<

ROFL your ears will be ringing for days.
Lol to tell you the truth, They arent! I like that noise!

Lol to tell you the truth, They arent! I like that noise!



True, true.

he he... do it cakee do it... lol.

im going to test it on my mom

he he.

LOL, gee if I did, I'd be grounded T_T
Evilness.

Do anybody else's ears feel clogged after that? I need to pop my ears now.. =(.

I agree with OathKeeper on that one. I'd rather burn my cell phone than listen to that 28398137821 times a day >_<

Wow, that's a very random number. LOL.

~Pink

Neither of my parents can hear it except when they turn the volume way up. I was laughing because it's so weird that I can hear it but my parents can't!

That noise is so annoying!:@@:

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ow pain let me try it on my sister ..

WOW My mom cant hear it butmy dad can 0.o
I feel left out lol

My left ear hurts..........

I'm gonna try it when they're up. Heh.

It hurt my ears :sadd2: a little bit at least o_O...

Eh, I think if you have a hearing problem it won't work for you (of course). Some of us hear better than others, soo.. My hubby is 30 and he heard it, I'm 20 and I heard it :)

hmm.. i can hear it but it does not hurt. my ears are still ringing

I FORGOT MY SPEAKERS WERE NOT HOOKED UP! MY AMPLIFIER WAS, and it was on max........

IT WAS NOT GOOD..my ears are still ringing, and I tried it 7 hours ago!

OUCH O_O My poor ears...

i heard it but its something i wouldnt like on my cell phone

Wow, that's a very random number. LOL.

~Pink


Yea, that's my hobbie.. banging on random numbers on the keyboard XD

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm scared to. :O I know I will once I get to my regular computer (I'm on a different computer.) Is it loud even if you put the volume on low?

No its not that loud i heard it but my dad couldnt that so awesome!!! :D

LOL my parents couldn't hear it! But now my mom feels old... lol she is so mad bc she thinks im kidding and she cant hear it! My volume was up all the way too rofl this is too good. Thanks Zebraa!

I screamed when I heard that! Oh it hurts... and now I have to delete it off my ITunes...

It sounds so...squeeky. First it didn't come up so I tried exiting, then I put my volume to full blast and...

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" comes out of it!

My ears @____@;. I don't think I would want that as my ringtone.

Luckily for me, my speakers are broken... So no sound on the computer for me!

Ru Ru :peterpan:

It makes one of my eyes hurt. o_o

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm scared to. :O I know I will once I get to my regular computer (I'm on a different computer.) Is it loud even if you put the volume on low?

No, it's only a 10-second-long sample of the noise:) My brother has a louder, one-hour-long sample of the noise!!

Haha, I heard that, and so did my dog...lol :D

My parents didn't hear that, though.

~Oranges

LOL I just had my mom try it, at low volume she could hear it a bit, but at a high volume he couldn't hear it.
It makes one of my eyes hurt. o_o
Same here. My left eye feels a small pain.
My mom thought we were playing a joke. XD

I can hear it, lol. Let me ask my parents...

Nope, thay can't hear it, same with my grandparents.

Muhahaha! I love that. Try it on full blast!

All I hear is beeping, whats so cool about it?

It made my eye hurt too..

Whoa.. you guys are right. It made my left eye hurt too. Well, not my eye, but my sinus.

The ringtone really shouldn't have been made. These kids might use it to text during class and they can cheat on tests or make fun of people/teachers. It just was a bad idea to make. But, other kids will hear it and they might tell the teacher.

But, it's annoying. It gave me a headache just for listening to it.

whoah that was Such a weird noise >_< hmm my right eye hurts actually weird, but it was pretty out there lol

that hurts my ears and i'm a pre-teen! almost a teen!

wow awesome i dont think its bad

i heard it but i had to turn my volume up all the way

lol my voulume was like hardly on bc my mom was sleeping, and i had music on the computer going and i still heard it lol

That was easy to hear, and I don't think it was too annoying. However, I wouldn't want that on my cell phone (when I get one, lol.)

I heard it, and so did my mom and sister. I would never want that on my cell phone!!! lol

id rather burn and bury my cell phone then here that ever single time it rings... lol!!!!!! i like to put music on it anyway... lol!!

Meh, I couldn't hear it. I think I have an ear infection since my ear is clogged with liquid stuff. It hurts right now. =/ Everything sounds muffled.

Yes, I can hear it. My dog started going crazy when I turned it on though.

I can hear it good, it's cool! I actually enjoy that sound

I couln't hear it... neither could my mom.

~Pink

ah!! two seconds of that and ouch my ears! i had my sound off and at first i couldnt figure out if it was on but then it went on.

I know it hurts!

I know it hurts!
Ah!!! It burns!!! I tried it on my Dad and he couldn't here a thing 0_o

OMG! That's harsh on the ears lol I tried it on my parents but they couldn't hear...MUAHAHA!!! lol