I didn't hear it with my right ear until 13k, couldn't hear it at all with my left. But I've always been majorly deaf in the one ear and being around aircraft and high-decibel electronics didn't help much either. I could probably get a disability from the Navy if I really pushed it. It just wouldn't be enough to get any money for it, so I don't bother.
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SailAweigh - Feb 26, 2009 10:11:24 am PST #8428 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Kat - Feb 26, 2009 10:13:39 am PST #8429 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I heard it at 17 and jumped and immediately turned the sound off. What a horrible noise!
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 10:13:52 am PST #8430 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm waiting until I get back to the office to try it.
I bet you all can't wait to see how I do, huh?
Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2009 10:14:42 am PST #8431 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I just started getting tinnitus in the last few weeks.
Cashmere - Feb 26, 2009 10:15:15 am PST #8432 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I can't hear the Teenager sound. And the sound sweep, I can only hear at 13.
Target Alert: They're putting cute Spring stuff in the dollar bins. We got flower headbands today. I'm waiting patiently for the Easter stuff so we can replace our fuzzy bunny ears.
megan walker - Feb 26, 2009 10:17:27 am PST #8433 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That one I heard at 16.
Me too, but I couldn't hear the mosquito (teenager) sound on that site at all, whereas I heard it on the other one.
Huh. I hear it right away at 22.
Did you use the top version? The bottom one I heard right away, but not the top one.
I wish that site gave more info on the different possible results.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 10:18:00 am PST #8434 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Uh-oh. Due to a rift in the space-time continuum, our conversation about tinnitus has screwed up Tom's hearing in the past!
lisah - Feb 26, 2009 10:18:23 am PST #8435 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
That's a link to a file with a sweeping (descending) tone ranging from 22kHz to 12kHz. I can start to hear it at 17.
hey...that I can hear at 20kHz. But I really couldn't hear the teenager one at all. What up, hearing?
Sue - Feb 26, 2009 10:20:32 am PST #8436 of 30000
hip deep in pie
OMG, that second file...I heard it right away and it was terrible.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2009 10:20:35 am PST #8437 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I tried both links on the sweep page. The top one I heard right away at 22, and the bottom one I heard right after the announcer said 22. Both incredibly horrible noises.
My front door is being painted, which means some guy was just party to me playing and replaying noise. Or perhaps he couldn't hear it...