Have you heard me (present perfect)?

[tijay1]

Hello!
There are three people sitting at a table. One of them (John) is deaf and he can't read lips. The other two (Ben and Rick) are talking to each other. Suddenly, John repeats Rick's last words and shares his opinion. Rick can't believe his ears and says to John: "Have you heard me? I can't believe it!"
How natural is it for a native English speaker to use the present perfect in this situation?

 

[Piscean]

In this rather forced situation, the present perfect is possible.

 

[emsr2d2]

I would find it so forced as to be unnatural. In that scenario, Rick is most likely to say "Did you hear what I said? I can't believe it! I thought you were deaf!"

 

[jutfrank]

How natural is it for a native English speaker to use the present perfect in this situation?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Tenses like the present perfect can't be natural or unnatural. You can ask whether the actual language John uses is natural, or whether it's easy to imagine someone saying such an utterance in such a situation, but you can't ask if a tense is 'natural' since that would depend on meaning.

My guess is that you're probably wondering something about time frames associated with the present perfect and so have made up an inadequate example to try to ask your question. If that's the case, have this one instead:

What? No! John, you can hear?! You little ...! Have you been able to hear us this whole time?!

 

[tijay1]

In this rather forced situation, the present perfect is possible.

I would find it so forced as to be unnatural. In that scenario, Rick is most likely to say "Did you hear what I said? I can't believe it! I thought you were deaf!"

I'm not sure what you're asking. Tenses like the present perfect can't be natural or unnatural. You can ask whether the actual language John uses is natural, or whether it's easy to imagine someone saying such an utterance in such a situation, but you can't ask if a tense is 'natural' since that would depend on meaning.

My guess is that you're probably wondering something about time frames associated with the present perfect and so have made up an inadequate example to try to ask your question. If that's the case, have this one instead:

What? No! John, you can hear?! You little ...! Have you been able to hear us this whole time?!

Thank you all for your feedback. I really appreciate it.
This invented story was my humble attempt (and as I now understand, it's not very successful) to find a context in which the question Have you heard me?/ Have you heard it/that? referring to what a person has just said, would sound natural for native English speakers. As far as I know in this kind of context, the normal question would be Did you hear me?/ Did you hear it/that? in the Past Simple.

 

[tijay1]

Perhaps someone can suggest a more realistic and appropriate situation in which this question would be appropriate.

 

[emsr2d2]

There's a rumour that McDonalds is about to go bankrupt. Have you heard that?
Have you [ever] heard me say that I'd like to go skiing?

To be honest, I can't think of a natural context in which someone would utter just those four words - "Have you heard me?" The best I could come up with was:

Harry (to his flatmate Bill): The guy who lives downstairs says he can hear me snoring all night. Have you heard me?
Bill: Not since I bought noise-cancelling earplugs!

Even then, it would be more natural to say "Have you ever heard me?"

 

[jutfrank]

This invented story was my humble attempt (and as I now understand, it's not very successful) to find a context in which the question Have you heard me?/ Have you heard it/that? referring to what a person has just said, would sound natural for native English speakers.

I'm not sure why you would want to do that, and I don't think you're going to find one.

 

[tijay1]

There's a rumour that McDonalds is about to go bankrupt. Have you heard that?
Have you [ever] heard me say that I'd like to go skiing?

To be honest, I can't think of a natural context in which someone would utter just those four words - "Have you heard me?" The best I could come up with was:

Harry (to his flatmate Bill): The guy who lives downstairs says he can hear me snoring all night. Have you heard me?
Bill: Not since I bought noise-cancelling earplugs!

Even then, it would be more natural to say "Have you ever heard me?"

I asked Gemini (artificial intelligence) to create a situation in which the question Have you heard it? would sound natural.

Dr. Elias stared at the monitor in disbelief. The frequency generator was pulsing at 25,000 Hz, well beyond the upper limit of human audition. Yet, inside the glass booth, Mark’s head jerked toward the speaker, his expression one of sudden confusion.
The scientist leaned toward the intercom, his voice trembling with a mix of professional skepticism and raw excitement. He didn't ask if Mark was hearing something in general; he needed to confirm that the specific, impossible pulse had just been registered.
"Mark?" he whispered. "Have you heard it?"
Do you find such a usage acceptable, grammatically correct?

 

[jutfrank]

"Mark?" he whispered. "Have you heard it?"
Do you find such a usage acceptable, grammatically correct?

Yes, but that's not what you asked. You asked:

This invented story was my humble attempt (and as I now understand, it's not very successful) to find a context in which the question Have you heard me?/ Have you heard it/that? referring to what a person has just said, would sound natural for native English speakers.

 

[Tarheel]

I think "Did you hear it?" would be more natural.

 

[GJNavigator]

In normal conversation, people would usually say “Did you hear me?” if it just happened. “Have you heard me?” sounds less natural unless you’re talking about a broader experience or something repeated.

 

[emsr2d2]

I asked Gemini (artificial intelligence) to create a situation in which the question Have you heard it? would sound natural.

Dr. Elias stared at the monitor in disbelief. The frequency generator was pulsing at 25,000 Hz, well beyond the upper limit of human audition. Yet, inside the glass booth, Mark’s head jerked toward the speaker, his expression one of sudden confusion.
The scientist leaned toward the intercom, his voice trembling with a mix of professional skepticism and raw excitement. He didn't ask if Mark was hearing something in general; he needed to confirm that the specific, impossible pulse had just been registered.
"Mark?" he whispered. "Have you heard it?"

Do you find such a usage acceptable and grammatically correct?

I don't find that natural at all. We'd say "Mark. Did you hear it/that?"