But can you hear THIS?

[Bubinga99]

Just for fun, a home hearing test for higher frequencies:
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/

Boy I'm getting old :o

You probably need moderately decent speakers on your computer for the higher frequencies.

[comfortablycurt]

Interesting! I've never seen that before.

I couldn't hear anything over 18khz...but that was most likely due to my speakers. It's a 10 year old Boston Acoustics sub/sat combo...and I doubt they can even hit real high frequencies. The sats don't even have tweeters...just a 3" cone.

I've always gotten perfect results during hearing tests. I'm also 22 though...so that could change over time.;)

[Zero]

Looks like I cap off at 21kHz these days. Damn. :(

I could technically pick up on the 22kHz tone, but only when my portable fan is turned off, so I'm not sure if that counts.

Gettin old..

[messiah]

Wow! Seems 17k is my cutoff. Very quiet though. If I go to 18k I hear NOTHING!!! I guess that's not that bad though. Could just be the cheap ass headphones I have connected (sony earbuds). I'd be interested to see how everyone else does.

Christopher.

[smglbrth]

I did this with the speaker up to my ear, like a hearing test would be. Albeit a small computer speaker. Interesting find. My left ear only hears to 20kHz but my right will go to 21kHz. At 22kHz I hear absolutely nothing but static.

Pretty neat page!

[comfortablycurt]

I find it funny...they advertise these earplugs on there...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015WNZ9K?ie=UTF8&tag=noiseaddictsc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0015WNZ9K

...Saying that they don't muffle noise, but simply reduce it by 20db. They cost $12 a pair.

You can get those exact same earplugs at any hardware store for like 2-3 bucks a pair. They just don't have the fancy clear stem and the "high fidelity" connotation in the name.:rolleyes:

They do work quite well though. Everything is just as clear as it is all the time...but 20db quieter.

[Sherardp]

Mine was like 17 too. Guess I need to make sure Im wearing protection more often while working around these diesel engines. Dang.

[TouchOfEvil]

19 made my head hurt, 20 i can just barely hear with my fan going. 21 and 22 i don't hear anything.

[Gaara]

I find it funny...they advertise these earplugs on there...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015WNZ9K?ie=UTF8&tag=noiseaddictsc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0015WNZ9K

...Saying that they don't muffle noise, but simply reduce it by 20db. They cost $12 a pair.

You can get those exact same earplugs at any hardware store for like 2-3 bucks a pair. They just don't have the fancy clear stem and the "high fidelity" connotation in the name.:rolleyes:

They do work quite well though. Everything is just as clear as it is all the time...but 20db quieter.

Just a FYI those actually work quite well, I own a pair. The way it works, IIRC is that your average ear plug attenuates the highs drastically more then anything else. So a 20db reduction might be 10db in the bass/mids and 30db in the highs. These attenuate more evenly, like 15db in the bass/mids and 25db in the highs.

I tried them at a couple concerts and they do work as advertised, plus I like the attenuation changes depending on how far in you push them.

As for the tests, anyone know where the one was that was the full freq. spectrum and variable levels? It was a big ole chart, across the Y axis was volume and across the x access frequencies. You could test not only your hearing at 20khz, but also how your threshold.

[apphd]

I guess I can sell all my gear, I can't hear the 8k tone.:mad:





The site or my PC's .mp3 player must be broken I can hear my wife's nagging no problem:p

[hearingimpared]

I can hear them all.

[jimmydep]

Cool site....14k is loud and clear, then nothing until 20k & 21k but very soft.
Maybe it's my speakers? Maybe I won't be upgrading the XO's on the LSI-15's

[TNRabbit]

I can hear the 16 khz but not the 17 khz; wonder if it's my ears or these crappy PC headphones....

[Ricardo]

I guess I can sell all my gear, I can't hear the 8k tone.:mad:


Not a problem. Highest frequency from any instrument/vocal is 7 kHz (organ).

http://www.listenhear.co.uk/general_acoustics.htm

BUT......you would be missing the harmonics for a few....

http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm

[comfortablycurt]

Just a FYI those actually work quite well, I own a pair. The way it works, IIRC is that your average ear plug attenuates the highs drastically more then anything else. So a 20db reduction might be 10db in the bass/mids and 30db in the highs. These attenuate more evenly, like 15db in the bass/mids and 25db in the highs.

I tried them at a couple concerts and they do work as advertised, plus I like the attenuation changes depending on how far in you push them.

As for the tests, anyone know where the one was that was the full freq. spectrum and variable levels? It was a big ole chart, across the Y axis was volume and across the x access frequencies. You could test not only your hearing at 20khz, but also how your threshold.

They do work quite well. I use the same earplugs at work everyday. I also don't spend $12 a pair on them...I can get like four pairs of them for $12 at Ace Hardware. They just don't have "High Fidelity" in the name or the fancy stem. Exact same plugs though.

[olilugo]

well 17Khz was the limit for me.

[Bubinga99]

Here's some info on hearing frequency response versus age:
http://www.roger-russell.com/hearing/hearing.htm

After reading this, I don't feel so bad about my results.

[Face]

I guess I can sell all my gear, I can't hear the 8k tone.:mad: Spend a lot of time around firearms?

[Gaara]

They do work quite well. I use the same earplugs at work everyday. I also don't spend $12 a pair on them...I can get like four pairs of them for $12 at Ace Hardware. They just don't have "High Fidelity" in the name or the fancy stem. Exact same plugs though.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to look into them.

[obieone]

I heard them all:confused:

[Face]

The last few links, there's nothing there right? It's just a joke. :rolleyes::mad:

[greymatter]

Just for fun, a home hearing test for higher frequencies:
http://www.photosnag.com/img/4210/n09x0302vnsn/clear.gif
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/

Boy I'm getting old :o

You probably need moderately decent speakers on your computer for the higher frequencies.

with noise cancelling headphones i hear them all, otherwise i get halfway

[rubin]

My computer has an XPLIO screen with built in speakers.They sound cheap, but at full vol. I can hear 8000 and 10,000 thats it!So if that's all I can hear why am I so sensitive to metal tweeters? Maybe the computers speakers are too crappy to play fi freq.?

[rubin]

According to Wikipedia the range of human hearing normally lies between 16 hz and 16,384 hz

[lumpy]

me - 16
son 11 - 17
son 9 - 19

[joeparaski]

Holy crap! I now hear the tones with the sound off and the website closed. The sound is constantly there like in a loop.

Joe

[VSchneider]

OMG!
With little round "HP" Polk Audio computer speakers 14 kHz is almost as loud as 8-10-12 kHz. 15 is only audible when I hold them closer to the ear, and then almost all static at 16 kHz ( or is it me :rolleyes: and speakers are still playing? )

edit: now I've got a headache :D
Thanks for posting!

[speakergeek]

The irony in all of this is that the musicians who make the music for us to listen to seem to be having the worst heaing loss.

[treitz3]

Yeah, I clearly heard them all. I about punched the damn speakers on the 17Hz signal. It's like walking into a Best Buy or some sh*t. Ouch!

I knew I shouldn't have done it.

[dc55110]

Here is a better test. It also has a digital aliasing test. Plus the test is available at different sampling frequencies. With the 48khz test the test frequencies were reproduced properly on my computer. Prior to that I was "hearing" the 22khz, due to the sound card making up what it couldn't process properly.
http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php

[Face]

http://jakemandell.com/amvi/

This is pretty interesting.

[apphd]

http://jakemandell.com/amvi/

This is pretty interesting.

+1 at least I could hear something, which was a lot better than I did on the OP:D

Overall had a 70%
Pitch discrimination: 66.7%
Musical memory: 71.5%
Contour discrimination: 72.3%
Attention: 71.0%
Musical/visual abstraction: 63.8%

Not sure what this means except maybe confirms to me the need to stay in mid-fi

[skrol]

I really noticed roll-off above 15K but I could still hear 20K. The interesting thing is that my laptop could not produce 17K, 19K or 21K (Dell SigmaTel Audio and Denon AH-C751 ear buds). I should try this on my desktop (Creative X-Fi).