• Charzard4261
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    13 days ago

    I have extremely sensitive hearing. I can tell when there’s an animal scarer nearby.

    This brings me to Microsoft Teams. You might have seen people mention that their dogs know when someone joins the call before they do. That’s because they introduced “ultrasonic howling” to detect if they’re in the same room as you, and mutes their mic.

    It hurts like fucking hell with headphones on.

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      12 hours ago

      I’m partially deaf but I can hear those really high whines anyway. I can pretty much only hear high notes.

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        7 hours ago

        I can’t imagine how infuriating that must be. How do you live with it?

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      13 days ago

      Never heard of ultrasonic howling, but what a cool idea - stop that feedback in its tracks! Bummer that it bothers your hearing.