QuoteHere is a list of tones that go from 8Hz all the way up to 22,000Hz. It's fairly common for people who are over 25 years of age to not be able to hear above 15kHz, so this will help you find out where your high frequency hearing cuts off.
www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/
I can't seem to be able to add a poll, which might be a good thing as I'm currently maxing out at 12 kHz. In my defence I do seem to be suffering temporary tinnitus caused by loud music, so I expect it to go up to 14 kHz in a day or two, but years of aural abuse don't make me confident it'll go much higher.
What?
Seem's mine cuts off at 18k, can hear everything up to 17kHz, just about to hit 30 but 15 years of going to heavy metal gigs and near the PA wouldn't of helped that I gather.
pardon?
I just can't hear passed 12Khz but caught a trace of 16 Khz.
Now I must eat my children...
I #think# I can hear 14 but it's really quiet so I'll say 12 :o
15 for me, but the office has a fair amount of ambient noise.
They must have been really tempted to have a shouted BOO! at some point.
I can hear the little pop when 17 starts but I can't actually hear the tone, so I guess 16 is my limit. I'm 30 and a musician, so I'm actually pleasantly surprised.
Freak that I am, I can hear 16 with my left ear but not my right.
Now I know which way to turn my head if I can't hear something properly.
12 the highest I can hear.
filip
14 for me.
I guess that's OK for an old git of nearly 41 who has been going to rock concerts for 24 years.
I seem to be able to hear up to 21, that's probably because I've only ever been to one gig ;)
Can't hear a thing...no sound card on work's PC ::)
15 with my left ear, 14 with my right, and I work around a lot of noisy machinery. That's actually pretty reassuring because I've been convinced I'm going deaf in my right ear for some time. Maybe the ear protection actually works.
14 for me. However, with ALL the others beyond it, I can "feel" there's a tone playing, even if I can't hear it. There's a "click" in my ear and what feels like a "pressure change".
My six year old can hear up to 17 he says.
My seven year old can't be arsed to drag himself away from Sonic to do it, the lazy little scrote.
My cat went vaguely mental at 22, and my wife just moaned throughout.
SBT
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 31 March, 2011, 04:46:14 PM
... my wife just moaned throughout.
Your hearing might be going but your multi-tasking is most impressive!
It might depend on speakers/headphones too - some won't play sounds above a certain range.
16.
I SAID 16 DEAR.
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 31 March, 2011, 04:46:14 PM
14 for me. However, with ALL the others beyond it, I can "feel" there's a tone playing, even if I can't hear it. There's a "click" in my ear and what feels like a "pressure change".
I'm exactly the same... can hear up to 14 but I can 'feel' the ones beyond. Like others, been to a lot of heavy metal concerts in my time, so I reckon 14's not too bad.
Couldn't get passed 8 me and that's with my hearing aids in. Although that's not as bad as it seems, 'cos without the aids I wouldn't have heard anything!! Had to shake my head when I read Emps saying that he's got "temporary tinitus", because I'm afraid temporary tinitus always turns into permanent tinitus and, take it from this old bastard, that that is not a good place to be.
Turn that music down, lads and lassies and wear those ear protectors.
Listening to Led Zep at full volume and firing tank rounds was great fun at the time but there's always a price to pay!!!
17 for me, although I might be able to hear 18. Of course, you really need to do this with headphones, not speakers. And if, like me, you've got tinnitus, good luck differentiating that from the higher frequencies!
12Khz was the highest I could hear as well, which considering that I spent by 20s listening to Indie rock and my 30s living in "Screaming Infant Street" isn't too bad.
Quote from: TordelBack on 31 March, 2011, 04:47:29 PM
Your hearing might be going but your multi-tasking is most impressive!
Eyethangkew.
SBT
16 for me.
Nothing past 15KHz.
Either I am doing this wrong or I should be in the X-Men because I seem to be able to here them all. Although strangely 15 is one of the hardest to hear
Seems broken. I can't download anything above 14.
19 for me.
I am not surprised though. When I go to a job that has those cat scarer's in their garden I have to tell them to turn it off as it really effects me to the point of inducing a headache if prolonged.
It shouldn't be this way though as through my youth I went to many a concert and still play my metal music loud and thrashing, also don't wear ear defenders as much as I should at work.
V
Just redone the test because my volume was very low.
I can hear the lot.
Am I a freak?
I suffer from bad tinnitus as well.
V
My ears are sore now.
18 for me. Interestingly, I couldn't hear 16 but 17 was perfectly clear and 18 was just barely audible.
Also, shitty PC speakers.
Worse than a taxpayer!
12
I do suffer from quite bad tinitus however, it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I do remember doing this test when I was at school, I was the only person in my class to hear up to 22kHz. Oh, how my once mighty lobes have fallen! :(
Blimey- 16. I don't want to be an old duffer!
Quote from: Colin MacNeil on 31 March, 2011, 10:16:58 PM
Worse than a taxpayer!
12
I do suffer from quite bad tinitus however, it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I do remember doing this test when I was at school, I was the only person in my class to hear up to 22kHz. Oh, how my once mighty lobes have fallen! :(
Sorry Colin you can't play the tinnitus card. I have it bad but managed to reach 22kHz.
V
Quote from: vzzbux on 31 March, 2011, 10:21:02 PM
Quote from: Colin MacNeil on 31 March, 2011, 10:16:58 PM
Worse than a taxpayer!
12
I do suffer from quite bad tinitus however, it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. I do remember doing this test when I was at school, I was the only person in my class to hear up to 22kHz. Oh, how my once mighty lobes have fallen! :(
Sorry Colin you can't play the tinnitus card. I have it bad but managed to reach 22kHz.
V
I also have an ear infection. :'(
I will give you that one.
V
I just noticed the thread title says How screwed is YOU hearing>
Quote from: Krombasher on 31 March, 2011, 10:42:28 PM
I just noticed the thread title says How screwed is YOU hearing>
Pardon
I thought my cut of was 16, but on turning up the volume on my PC I realise I can just catch 17 although I can't quite make it all out. I hear something at 18, but it's not really a sound as such. (I just realised that last sentence makes no sense. I hear a sound but not a squeaky tone as such....)
I tried it on the laptop with the volume all the way up and could make out 15 kHz.
I hit 17 then all goes silent, does anyone else fell the need to eat their neighbours dogs?
CU Radbacker
15 for me.
Reckon I'll need to try this with headphones, have to beat my high score!
Quote from: Emperor on 01 April, 2011, 02:56:58 AM
I tried it on the laptop with the volume all the way up and could make out 15 kHz.
Same on the desktop, while I only make 12 on the normal volume.
Somehow I think having to turn the volume all the way up is rather ironic, I wonder if anyone
Quote from: Radbacker on 01 April, 2011, 04:37:10 AM
I hit 17 then all goes silent, does anyone else fell the need to eat their neighbours dogs?
Well I don't feel the need now. :-X :sick:
I just tried again and it's actually 14. I just got a click with 15.
Weird.
I can hear 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16. Can't hear 17 0r 18, but I CAN hear 19, 20, 21, and 22.
Shouldn't it get harder to her as the frequency goes up?
sounds like your tone deaf at those freq's.
V
got to 10 before i turned the speakers up full then got to 14,at 15 i dont think i heard it just felt pressure (or maybe just really really wanting to hear it)
I'm 41 and I can hear up to 14, which isn't too bad considering some of the noisy environments I often work in and the constant nagging I have to put up with at home.
Seriously people - do not count this as a clinically reliable diagnostic test! By all means get your hearing checked regularly by a qualified professional, but differences of speaker/headphones make this test meaningless as a comparative exercise.