TheSpicyChicken » hearing http://thespicychicken.com n'th generation research Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:14:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Science of Hearing – We need you! http://thespicychicken.com/2009/05/26/the-science-of-hearing-we-need-you/ http://thespicychicken.com/2009/05/26/the-science-of-hearing-we-need-you/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 18:42:00 +0000 Spicy http://thespicychicken.com/?p=135 A friend of mine, and neuroscience graduate student at Case Western Reserve University are conducting a study into the genetic basis of hearing the following sound:

http://tinyurl.com/2wjoxy

NPR recently did a story that teenagers have been using the above sound as a ring tone to evade the prying eyes ears of adults.

So we started a little investigation of our own, and we need your help! Just click on that sound file, play it, and respond in the comments with your age, gender, and if you can hear it or not.

SCIENCE!

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