Trying Sonic Pestchaser to Scare Mice... But I Can Hear It?
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
October 16, 2017 12:11pm CST
So, I'm trying the plug-in-the-wall pest control that supposedly creates a noise too high pitch to be heard by humans but drives mice crazy. Well, this morning I had to unplug it from the room I was working in because it was driving me crazy! It wasn't a shrill noise or anything, but it was a constant buzzing, like a high current piece of electrical system, and I have to keep it unplugged while in the room with it.
Does anyone else hear things that are supposedly inaudible to human ears?
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Feb 18
not faced that myself - sounds like the devise you used is faulty or just not living up to its hype
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Feb 18
Actually, I can hear them all when other people can't. Many years ago, after I got in an accident (severe brain injury) my hearing changed. So it's probably left over from that. It's also why if I go into a bar, I can't understand a word people say because there so much background chatter that it creates a white noise that I can't tune out.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Feb 18
@OneOfMany I get that effect too - if there are three conversations going on I can't block the wrong two out
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Feb 18
@arthurchappell I'm sure a lot of people do, but somehow they make it work, while I (and I guess you) can't seem to.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
16 Oct 17
My laptop drives me nuts. Turn it off and swear can hear it. Think there is very much a lot of truth to what you are saying and would drive me nuts also.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
16 Oct 17
Perhaps since we are getting used to electronics we are becoming able to hear sounds which were previously off-limits. After all, why do we hear things? Because of the environment we live in, I'd imagine.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
16 Oct 17
@OneOfMany Amen and also say really messes with our brain also. Not sure if that adds to the hearing but says it screws with the bees, why not us also?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
16 Oct 17
@crossbones27 I used to sleep with my computer on in college, and now I always turn it off, and sleep better. Of course, I'm not across from my computer either, but I think it certainly doesn't help. Apparently our smart phones mess with our sleep patterns too, but I use mine as an alarm clock...
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
21 Mar 18
yup.my mids are shot,but i can hear frickin dog whistles for some reason.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
21 Mar 18
I don't know if I can hear them or not. I don't remember being near any.
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@sabtraversa (12924)
• Italy
17 Oct 17
Welcome back, haven't seen you in a while. 
The buzz from electric devices is quite common to hear, but I guess that thing isn't supposed to make such sound anyway. It isn't the high pitched one but another, so I will say you are not a mouse, sorry. 
The buzz from electric devices is quite common to hear, but I guess that thing isn't supposed to make such sound anyway. It isn't the high pitched one but another, so I will say you are not a mouse, sorry. 
@RasmaSandra (73408)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Oct 17
Actually I have no idea but there have been time when I have heard a faint noise and no idea where it's coming from so that could have been something like that.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
16 Oct 17
Sometimes I wonder if I would hear a dog whistle. I've never been exposed to one to find out.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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16 Oct 17
Some people are more susceptible to higher frequencies. Younger people are very susceptible.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
16 Oct 17
After my head injury, my hearing got better for a time. I used to be able to accurately hear a conversation at the end of a hall behind a door. That effect faded, but I still hear some sounds more than others. However, I'm useless in a crowded area. I can't hear the person in front of me because of all the din around me.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
16 Oct 17
I never heard the noise but I heard something from the plug in wall pest things. (That don't even work) it was a ticking noise.
I can hear the noises from tvs like that weird high pitch buzzing noise.
I know my mom and my old best friend could hear dog whistles. Which is weird because my mom is half deaf, so it is pretty crazy she can hear that.
@YrNemo (20261)
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16 Oct 17
Oh my, you must have similar hearing ability as mice 
. (Just joking, I know nothing about this sort of thing. Never used it. BUT I am sensitive to noise in a sense.)
. (Just joking, I know nothing about this sort of thing. Never used it. BUT I am sensitive to noise in a sense.)