(It's For The Kids)

I read this article today about how there's a new ringtone out there that can be heard by kids only, and not adults:

Students find ringtone adults can't hear

I didn't know that was even possible, but apparently it is, if you set the frequency at the right range. Kinda like those "dog whistles" I guess.

The news is alarming to me, though, because I didn't think there was that much difference between an adult's hearing and a child's hearing. It's not like with dogs and humans, this is human to human we're talking about, just different ages.

I know my hearing will go eventually, but I always thought your hearing didn't start degrading until you were elderly (like 60's or so), and by then, you probably have other things to worry about. But it doesn't "sound" (har har) like they are talking about grandmas and grandpas who need hearing aids. The article distinguishes between "5th graders" or "teenagers" and "adults", and if anything, I'm thinking that I fall into the "adults" category.

That's not cool. I guess my body is breaking down even faster than I thought it would. Next thing you know I'll be wearing sweaters in the middle of August and smelling like mothballs. Umm, let's hope not.

By the way, my favorite sentence from the article:

"As people age, many develop what's known as aging ear..."

Hmmmm... FASCINATING