Download a free 17KHz mosquito cell phone ringtone (MP3 or WAV)

The "Mosquito Ringtone" is a high frequency ringtone that many adults can't hear. Download the mosquito ring tone here for free. You may find that teachers and parents won't be able to hear this high pitch ringtone. To many, the mosquito ringtone is "silent", to others it's an annoying buzz. This makes the Mosquito Ringtone a secret ringtone used by kids so their adults can't hear their cell phones ring.

When we age, we lose the ability to hear high frequencies. This is called Presbycusis. To discourage loitering teenagers blast them with high pitched sounds and they'll leave. Meanwhile your older, adult customers can't hear the sound and aren't bothered by it. Students then started using a high frequency sound as their ringtone. Their teachers couldn't hear it in their classroom. So much for banning cell phones in school. Some adults can hear it. Age alone isn't the determining factor.

NPR had a story about the mosquito ringtone that Colleen pointed out to me. That's what prompted me to create these MP3 and WAV files. The radio story featured an interview with Howard Stapleton, the teen repellent inventor, and his daughter. This article has additional background information too.

Click here to hear the Mosquito Ringtone.

Now word comes of a park in Tokyo using a form of the Mosquito Ringtone to keep kids out.

Your cell phone's frequency response may not reproduce 17000 Hz. Always go for quality. My sons have teachers that can hear it. I've met other adults who can too. Don't assume anything! Test first.

After you download the MP3 or WAV file onto your computer move it over to your cell phone like you do any other MP3 or WAV file. It differs by phone.

Truth is, I'm 53 and I can't hear it but my three teenaged sons all can. This page is the most popular page on this site by far. Interest has continued to run high long almost a year after the story was on NPR. Thanks to Colleen for pointing me towards the story when it aired, which prompted me to do all this. What a long strange trip it's been.

In addition to the Mosquito Ringtone I also made a silent ringtone

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