Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aggressive alarm noises will definitely wake you up, but they have the potential to ruin your day, too. Aggressive alarm noises ...

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I used to be able to hear 3kHz easily but as my hair cells fade into the sunset that frequency now seems to be down 3 or 6 dB. As a consequence the high pitched "beep beep" sound on my portable alarm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dunkin' is collaborating with Hatch on a limited-edition wake-up alarm that sounds like coffee brewing. Coffee lovers can now wake ...