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It was a funny story and I wonder how come adult cannot hear it? I tried to google the"Teen buzz" and it looks like very popular among highschool students. Is it because of the wavelength or amplitude? It reminds of me the psychology chapter4 about sound. It says Younger people are more sensitive to higher pitch tones than older adults. And the elder cannot stand the high frequency sounds as we get older. I think it is so useful when we apply what we learned from the psychology class to our real life and you will find more interesting things.

Interesting points! I had always known about the mosquito ringtone (and have been guilty of actually having it before) but I have never heard of retailers using it in their store to keep younger people out. If you ask me I find this highly prejudice and wrong. Sure, there are a lot of teenagers who do like to just roam around in stores, but if they are not causing trouble I don't see the reason why they cant hang out. Wouldn't the store want to look like it had more customers in it? Also, there are a surprising number of teenagers who use their parents credit card and buy whatever they want. If they were to go into those stores wanting to buy something but then left because they couldn't stand the buzzing noise, that store would have just lost a customer and potential profit. I would be interested in researching more about how retailers have used this noise, if it becomes used more widespread I could see controversy arising...

That is actually a really funny story. My brother used to have that ringtone, and eventually everyone in my school! It got to be one of the most annoying sounds ever, I always thought. I would definitely like to know why it is only the younger generation hears it! I was on a website that had different age groups where anyone younger could hear it. There were a couple for younger kids that I couldn't even hear! I would love to see how people figured out about these high frequency noises, and how they "manufactured" them. I would really love to also look into the different retails who claim to use this and see how and if it has affected their customer base! It'd be really cool to learn more about sound in psychology.

I took psychology in High School and my teacher showed us this concept during class. He found an internet site that could produce different pitches of sound and would play it at certain levels. He played it at a rather high pitch and said he could not hear it but all of the students could easily hear it. I've always thought this was cool but had no real world applications. Blake322, you look at stores using this as wrong but when I look at it I see a smart marketing strategy. Many stores have nothing younger people would ever want, but those same younger people might be coming in only to laugh and cause trouble. Think of an adult store where teenagers will go in and cause trouble but of course not want to buy anything. Stores like these could use the high pitched noise to keep the 'hooligans' away while being an invisible background noise for all older shoppers.