How Good is Your Hearing - Take the Hearing Test! - Page 3

Rando crap computer speakers. Can hear up to 17khz. 17 yo

Im 28 and managed to hear them all, but the last 3 took high volumes (40-50) on my receiver to manage it

19khz, 21, Denon D2000 headphones with the volume halfway up.

Interesting test.

I can just barely discern 16 kHz. 15 kHz is clear but down a few dB from 14 kHz.

42 yrs old.

I can hear them all Guess I have good hearing still Looks like wearing those earmuffs all thos years paid off..

So when I put on my Bose QC3 headphones, I could hear 21 kHz in either ear, but 22 kHz was perhaps too faint to make out much of. When I used the built-in speakers, I maxed out around 18 kHz.

I'm 43 and have had good hearing as long as I can remember. I'm a bit skeptical of the scientific value of this, but based on the reports from people, we are seeing high-frequency roll off in older folks as expected. At least anecdotally and observing I'm something of an exception.

Thru the Macbook pro speakers 14K, earphones barely 16K, Age 54

16k, 19...yikes :/ Sennheiser HD555's.

Strange, because I can hear the 16k perfectly (and loud), but I hear absolutely nothing on the 17k. Maybe it's my sound card or something.

I hear the 22k tone clearly, both ears, on cheap Koss TD/60 and Sony MDR v600 headphones with a Turtle Beach Riviera Sound Card. I am amazed at my age 50 with a long history of loud music, loud cars and guns. Volume is at max.

21khz for me over cheap computer speakers.

18khz for both ears.
I'm 35 and have been playing drums since I was 10.
Earplugs are your friends!!!

18K, 28 years old, cheapo work computer speakers.

31, 18k macbook pro must try on better speakers - i've always suffered with poor quality speakers and mp3's can hear em a mile off grates on my ears and hurts!

I can hear 22khz easily.

Hyperacusis is not what I would call a welcome gift however. I was tested at the High Wycombe hopsital (England, UK), and my hearing was evaluated at the level of a 7 year old.

22khz is actually painful for me to hear.

21khz is no different.

15, 16, and 17khz is incredibly painful to hear. It's like a drill that is under my tongue but without all the jarring vibration.

12khz and 8khz nearly made me tear the headphones off.

10khz was very comfortable.



I also have another gift. I can see shades in colour that I know other people can't see easily at all; I have no problem discerning them.
The Red channel on my Sharp E821; no one but me can see all 6 channels in the clipping calibration. I've noticed that over a week or so.

At 16khz, everyone should hear a sudden sharp start and then it bleeds off. I know this.

However, for me, that sudden sharp start doesn't taper off. It's very uncomfortable for me as it just doesn't loosen at all. But I can detect my ear allowing it to taper off as most hyperacusis types can control it after training.

I call it the buzz-kill effect. Hyperacusis patients have to listen to a constant hissing/buzzing noise (like a radio channel not tuned) with a hearing aid to counteract hyperacusis - otherwise we would go nearly mad.
Mine is under control after about 2 years.

17khz is similar, but not such a sharp pricking sensation.

You have hyperacusis.

30... Ok, 31! Birthday is in a couple weeks


20k left ear
15k right ear- I was actually born with a hearing deficiency in my right ear

20kHz clearly with Ayre K-1xe volume cranked half way (through Dunlavy SC-IV/a). Although I had to move my head around in the room a bit just to pick it up.

21kHz very difficult to hear in left ear (maybe my brain was filling in the noise for me making me think I could hear it). Couldn't detect with my right.

Since I'm using the line-output of my laptop, maybe there's a greater roll off.

I could hear to 17.4 clearly with the volume set at 1/4. For 18kHz and up I needed to boost the knob to half way just to hear it more. Sensitivity in these regions are definately lower.

The 19khz tone is pretty faint for me but I can still hear it. I am 56 and have worked for the airlines for 33 years and have always used hearing protection around the aircraft.

20kHz - left ear

19kHz - right ear (can probably stretch to 19.5kHz)

Logitech Z-2300 THX 2.1 speakers; Realtek HD Audio driver.

EDIT: Age 34.

21k at 45 next month. Neighbors laugh when I wear ear plugs to mow lawn. But that's OK,. Was 22k a decade ago but I see it's began to decline and I can not hear that tone. I keep a jar of ear plugs. I used ear buds. With the lap top speakers I could only hear to 14k.

Hmmm, only 18k today. Maybe my head cold?

Same, here.

Quote: Neighbors laugh when I wear ear plugs to mow lawn.

That's why I wear pants.

16khz age 30. When my wife talks I am deaf in both ears.

i can only hear the 12k.... I also have tinnitus so i hear all kinds of ringing daily.. Word to the younger, wear ear protection.. 25 years of power saws, jackhammers,,etc does take it toll to the ears.. i'm 46

21 kHz age 40...although my cat heard the higher 22kHz and freaked and ran out of the room.

I would think that volume would play a part here but...
53 and 3/4 15kHz.
Seriously I thought it would be far worse given my past.
I blame extensive headphone use in my yute but I use ear plugs now whenever I use any power tools.
I used to have an slightly annoying tinnitus in my right ear but lowering my blood pressure took care of it.
I would also add that "educated" hearing plays a role in what you perceive.
Thanks for the post, it was educational.

Clicking, buzzing, popping and distortion are hallmarks of my hearing misery, mainly on the left ear....perpetuated by some rather loud nights out in my younger days. I've wondered if it's hyperacusis, though I suppose it could just as easily be an injured tendon.

And yay for me, with the headphones pressed against the ears, I can hear down to 16. :|

21 kHz at age 53, couldn't hear anything at 22. I feel lucky

I ride motorcycles a lot but always wear ear plugs,wind noise
really wears on me.

Went to my fair share of concerts when I was younger,
but never was too close to the speakers.