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It's the absolute TOP TOP TOP search on nearly every search engine - everyone wants to know about the new ringtone they can't hear. From the looks, er, noise of it, they'll be glad they can't hear it. Find out what the buzz (whine?) is all about with new information about the mosquito ring tone.
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The Ringtone that only Teens can Hear
It was bound to happen eventually...now it's causing a raging ruckus.
A new cellphone ring tone, an invention stolen from a device intended to discourage teen loitering, is so high pitched that people with hearing range deficits, generally older adults, can't hear it. Compared to the highest note on a piano being ranked at a 4, this tone is ranked right around 17, making just the thought of it equally annoying as the sound.
Click here to read the New York Times article on mosquito ringtones, which features a frequency chart that compares age ranges with average hearing ability, and just how highly pitched the mosquito ringtone is.
Download the Mosquito Ringtone
You're a braver soul than I...
- Ringophone.com
- Preview and download the ringtone.
- AOL Sound Ringtone Info
- AOL has jumped in line to add to the craze.
- Get Forked!
- Download trademarked ringtones, among other things.
- Katazo
- Features a pitch-testing scale, ranging from lowest pitch to freaks only.
- Phone Sherpa
- Warns downloaders that some phones won't even be able to play their mosquito tones that high.
Up-to-the-Second News Updates from Google
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byNews and Info about Mosquito Ringtones
- Ringtonia.com blog
- Get blog results on the Mosquito Ringtone.
- Yahoo! Buzz Index
- This WHINE made the latest Yahoo! BUZZ.
- NPR: Ringtones Revisited
- NPR gives it's official report. (Funny reader comments!)
- Metro.co.uk
- Interesting story and lots of fun reader comments.
- Digg.com
- Hundreds of readers give their input.
How Age and Hearing Loss Affect You
- Noise and Hearing Protection
- Scroll down to the second section under the image of the inner ear to find info about how frequency is distinguished.
School is starting soon!
What new problems will mosquito ringtones pose for teachers?
- Washington Post
- "The teachers all think it's kind of a giggle."
- eSchool News Online
- Information for educators on the teacher-proof ringer.
- SignOn San Diego
- New ring tone boon for teens, bane for adults
Reader Feedback
seolenz wrote...
Sweet Lens, those mosquito tones started off very popular but it seems as if the teens themselves are taking a huge disliking to them, stating they are overly annoying and distracting. If you've got the iphone you can get the Apple Iphone downloads here
Posted April 19, 2008
boredofeducation wrote...
My students tried using these just to outsmart the teacher...
It just ended up annoying their friends cause it hurt their ears.
I never heard a thing!
Posted March 28, 2008
Techitorial wrote...
Just found another site with free mosquito ringtones - many variations, interesting to see (or rather hear) if you match the age brackets.
Posted January 14, 2008
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Posted December 06, 2007
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Posted October 26, 2007
by KimberlyDawnWells
I can only hear the lowest pitch at Katazo.com, but that could be because my speakers can't process the rest.
