The mosquito tone’s canonical frequency is 16.8 kHz with octave test steps

Evidence

An example mosquito tone is provided on the accompanying CD to demonstrate what it sounds like; the track has four pure tones rising in octaves to the mosquito average frequency of 16.8 kHz as follows: 2.1 kHz, 4.2 kHz, 8.4 kHz and 16.8 kHz. Bear in mind when listening to this track that most youngsters will find the 16.8 kHz tone unpleasant; be cautious with the listening level. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2571

Categorization

• DEFINE: Gives the exact frequency ladder used to build/demonstrate a teen buzz tone — useful operational detail for the reader applying psychoacoustics.

Related

• An 16.8 kHz sine wave is used commercially as a teen deterrent (similarity 0.81)