Mosquito Ringtone: Silent Fun

Teen Power

A ringtone that cannot be heard by people around the user of the mobile phone? Very hard to believe. But that is what exactly happens with mosquito ringtone. The power of the guardians has considerably been undermined with the empowerment of the young people by mosquito ringtone on their mobile phones. It is as if the power of mobile phones has suddenly shifted from the hands of the adults to the young ones by the magic wand of mosquito ringtone which remain inaudible to the adult ears. Silently lands the text message in a school student’s cell phone without the knowledge of the teacher in the classroom and the student escapes punishment for violating school discipline.

Developments

First developed in UK in 2005, the technology from which sprang the mosquito ringtone spread to USA in 2006 via internet. The concept exploits the inability of most people to hear high pitched sounds with advancing age. What started as an ultrasonic sound device to repel teenagers and allow adults more space and peace turned by irony of fate to a weapon of power and fun in the hands of these young people in the form of mosquito ringtone on their mobile phones. People aged over 20 can hear mosquito ringtone as an exception and not as a rule. The 17 kHz teen buzz can keep the youth’s cell phone ringing providing him with fun that the adult cannot share.

Mosquito Power

The sound frequency audible to most humans lies in the range 200 to 8000 hertz. From the early middle age the adults start losing their ability to hear sounds beyond that frequency range. This phenomenon of decline in hearing senses common to most adults is called ‘Presbycusis’ in medical parlance. The teenagers with much ingenuity converted it to mosquito ringtone to make it advantageous.