Can you hear this?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Can you hear this?
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Thu, 06-15-2006 - 10:17pm

I don't know how many of you heard about the ringtone adults can't hear. There was a news story.

Well, I can hear it and it goes right up my spine worse than fingernails on chalkboard. After I turned it off, I still felt it 10 minutes later. When I first heard in on the radio the kids were in the car. Mike instantly started to yell. Cait definitely cringed as well. The others not so bad. I know lots of adults say they can't hear it so I wonder if you have auditory sensitivity if that is why some can hear it.

I know I get annoyed when there are loads of competing noises and I HATE the TV too loud. But I never realized how sensitive I was.

So can you hear this? http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE.mp3

BTW, I am laughing because as I sit here DH is having his nightly smell sensitivities. Cait has a certain conditioner she uses after her shower and every night "What is that smell?!?". I never smelled it and it didn't bother anyone else. Took me days to figure out what the problem was.

I guess apples don't fall far from trees, lol.

Renee

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Registered: 01-19-2005
In reply to: rbear4
Sat, 06-17-2006 - 10:50am

Paula,

I had to check out my level, just for curiosity. At the site you posted, I could hear up to 17,000. After that at 18 and 19 I couldn't hear it, but still had that horrible sensation--kind of like having your teeth drilled at the dentist. Then at about 20,000 I couldn't hear or have that creepy sensation.

It really makes you wonder all the things you don't know about in the sensory environment that bombard you every day. It also is a good reminder for me about my little guy and how it is to be him.

It kind of makes me wonder about something. Eric has always freaked out in airports at the security section. I used to think it was the lines, noise, chaos. I'm sure that is part of it. But he even does it when we've been there with no lines and he usually covers his ears. I know a couple of other ASD kids who do this and my mom observed it was kind of like dogs who can hear things others cannot. I wonder if the security machine emits some kind of electronic noise like this?

Anyway, I find this fascinating, for some reason. I understand the metallic taste thing too. I am pretty sure I do not have senesthesia, but this sound just gets right into my skull and it's like it makes my teeth and skull hurt.

Katherine

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: rbear4
Sat, 06-17-2006 - 1:04pm
I couldn't get the first set of tones to play...my computer wasn't acting right but the mosquito tones OMG...I heard all of them and was just sitting here cringing. It made my ears and head throb! I cannot believe some people cannot hear those!!!! I'm going to test them out on my aspie to see what happens when he gets up... is that mean? LOL

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: rbear4
Sat, 06-17-2006 - 1:16pm

Interesting...my non AS son listened to the mosquito tone, could hear all of them and said that the top one went straight down his back while the bottom one stayed in his face.


Did you get any sensations like this?


I am walking away from the computer for a while now... just the hum of the fan is making me sick now that I have listened to the tones. I am starting to feel sympathy for Xander on how the mixer makes him feel...he comes unglued when I run it like he's in pain. When he was smaller it was the vacuum.


This was a very good exercise by the way... thanks ladies for posting all of those. It was very helpful.

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