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Re:Ultrasonic Payments by anunay03 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @12:17AM (#31663128)
Awh, Can you give a idea of how much nuisance such devices can cause you daily? Also is there a way to prevent cochlear implants from detecting these frequencies? (like do only some cochlear implants do this or most of them do)

I really wanna use tech like this sometimes in future, but I also wanna care about accessiblity.

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Re:Ultrasonic Payments by sdrothrock on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:04AM (#31663439)
I also have a cochlear implant; it doesn't allow me to hear ultrasonic frequencies -- in fact, my hearing range is still a subset of "normal."
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Re:Ultrasonic Payments by mercurywells on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:15AM (#31663494)
I have one as well, and I've noticed that area proximity detectors (in hallways used to detect presence/motion) do get picked up and come through as loud pops.
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Re:Ultrasonic Payments by raindear on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:38AM (#31664757)
There are also electricity poles with a strong EM field that cause a humming sound.
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Re:Ultrasonic Payments by shepherdjerred on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:54AM (#31664191)
How loud? These are audible to me without an implant (unless some are audible and some are inaudible)
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Re:Ultrasonic Payments by jhugo on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:50AM (#31664495)
You might be hearing a relay, which is itself switched by the proximity sensor.
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