GILMER (KYTX) - Students in Gilmer say they've seen others getting high off their smart phones at both the junior high and high schools.
i-Dosing is extended listening to a binaural beat.
That's a sound pattern that interrupts brain waves to cause a high feeling.
And educators are worried because it's so accessible.
Sounds that will send chills down your spine, when you see teens using them to get high.
"Everyone's just going crazy about it. Everyone's trying it. They say stupid stuff happens to them and stuff," says Gilmer High School sophomore Jesse Boyd.
Boyd says a girl was taken to the hospital last week from listening to binaural beats.
That's two-tones of sound that interrupt brain waves, causing a high feeling.
Known to some as digital drugs.
"It would make them dizzy and those kinds of things," says Gilmer Junior High seventh grader Casey Martin.
This trend has even spread to the junior high, and has Martin's mother worried.
"Too many things can get into out there that they shouldn't be getting into, or listening to or seeing," says Martin.
You can find dozens of websites and YouTube videos on the Internet about it, but you can also just search an app, download it, plug in your headphones and listen.
Sounds that certainly illicit a reaction, one many experts believe could be a gateway to other drugs for teens.
"My daughter mentioned something about it the other day and I told her to stay away from that," says Martin.
Martin heard about an email sent to high school students' parents.
And Boyd says it's too late for most teens, but he's not willing to try it.
"I'm scared," says Boyd.
We could not get in touch with the school district to confirm whether or not a teen was hurt, or using an app for binaural beats at school.
A researcher at an Oregon University couldn't find any actual physical impact on a person, only psychological.
In other words it works if you think it does.
But the biggest concern is that it could lead to other, real drugs.
Many school districts say there's an easy way to get around this, at least during school hours.
Many schools have policies against phone use while on campus.
