Sunfell wrote:
I can hear:
CRT flyback transformers
Flourescent light ballast
Those new CFL lights have a whistling sound
That stupid 'teen buzz' ringtone
Motion detector ultrasonics
Dog whistles
I tell people that I have 'dog-whistle' ears. And I am at an age where I should not be able to hear it. A colleague had that "Teen Buzz" ringtone and was going around ragging everyone for not hearing it, and decided to see if I could. It made me leap out of my seat. I told him not to do that again. He went down the hall and did it in the neighboring office, and I hollered, "I said, stop it!"
I don't know why I am so sensitive to high-pitched noises, but I've been this way all my life. My sensitivity to them is why I cannot have dogs, parrots (or parrokeets), or small children around- I'd have to wear earplugs all the time. I cannot stand noisy large cities, either.
WOW, I used to be bothered by ALL that! I bought a "silent dog whistle" a few months ago, and couldn't get it to be silent AT ALL! I THOUGHT about blowing it to see if others could hear, but I thought it was too noisy. I am going to look up that teen buzz sound!
06 Jun 2008, 7:05 pm
dunno why but some people I know hear the buzz of halogen lights and it hurts them and the subtle blinking... but I'm more on the taste and smell area myself
