So just how much can you hear?

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03-05-2009, 12:58 PM
benzss

So just how much can you hear?

http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/...-hearing-test/

Give this a go. I could hear 18, but nothing higher.
03-05-2009, 01:05 PM
sycld

I could hear up to 16 kHz. I heard something for the higher tones, but I'm pretty sure I was only hearing the lower pitched overtones.
03-05-2009, 01:06 PM
Vengeful Scars

jesus fucking christ.

16 was where I could no longer hear, but I tried 19 for the hell of it and my head won't stop ringing.
03-05-2009, 01:13 PM
ShitFace

I could hear 17, but nothing after that.
I'm 22.
03-05-2009, 01:21 PM
gina

Cool.

I couldn't hear past 18.
03-05-2009, 01:24 PM
djwolford

I could hear 20k but not 18k or 19k...is this normal?
03-05-2009, 01:27 PM
sycld

Quote:

Originally Posted by djwolford

I could hear 20k but not 18k or 19k...is this normal?

Are you sure you weren't hearing the lower pitched overtones? I can hear something for all of the links, but I can only hear the high pitched tones up to 16 kHz.
03-05-2009, 01:27 PM
srsinternets

I could hear all of them. :D

I wear hearing protection about 75% of the time that I'm working. I fix planes, so it's pretty important.
03-05-2009, 01:30 PM
djwolford

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycld

Are you sure you weren't hearing the lower pitched overtones? I can hear something for all of the links, but I can only hear the high pitched tones up to 16 kHz.

That's quite possible.
03-05-2009, 01:53 PM
Anonymous D

19 was the highest I could hear.
03-05-2009, 02:02 PM
Killuminati

Someone was on digg today. I just saw this a little bit ago and I had fun being able to hear the higher frequencies while no one else here could hear anything above 14k.
03-05-2009, 02:03 PM
DaiTengu

31 years old.

can still hear 18khz :)
03-05-2009, 02:10 PM
Sion

can hear 20k
16 male
03-05-2009, 03:33 PM
Mang

I could only hear up to 16k, i'm 17.
03-05-2009, 03:57 PM
Janglez

I only heard up to 19 and I'm 17
03-05-2009, 04:12 PM
Killuminati

I hooked my laptop up to my good speakers and was able to hear up to 22khz. At work though I couldn't hear anything past 17k and I think it was because of the speakers.
03-05-2009, 04:20 PM
Nadia

I could hear all of them and I am 20 years old.

I have a headache now :(.
03-05-2009, 05:38 PM
Pepsi

Only up to seventeen.

I think I've been to too many concerts.
03-05-2009, 05:39 PM
MrTroy

18, 24 years old
03-05-2009, 05:56 PM
sycld

On second thought, my hearing is typically shite because I have awful ear wax that I have to get cleaned out periodically by my doctor. When it gets really bad, it not only inhibits my hearing, but it affects my sense of balance as well so I feel vertigo on occasionally when standing up.

I wouldn't be surprised if I could hear higher frequencies after a fresh cleaning. This thread has reminded me that I may be due for one...
03-05-2009, 06:00 PM
piranhas

I maxed out at 14 and Im 26. Not really surprised.

Edit:
Just took it again with my headphone volume turned up at got to 20 this time.
03-06-2009, 08:24 AM
hedgerow

Quote:

Originally Posted by piranhas

Edit:
Just took it again with my headphone volume turned up at got to 20 this time.

Yeah, it depends too much on that so I really have no idea which was accurate.

also my eyes now hurt
03-06-2009, 11:27 AM
DickStivers

I heard all of them but, like sycld was saying earlier, I may have only been hearing certain undertones or something in the higher frequencies. But I don't care enough to figure it.
03-06-2009, 11:33 AM
DickStivers

also sycld (or anyone that has an answer), do you have any tried and true recipes for vegetable korma you could pm me

i want it to taste authentic
03-06-2009, 12:40 PM
KT.

I know I heard up to 19kHz. I'm not sure if I can hear 20kHz. There's a lot of high pitch ambient noise where I am.
03-06-2009, 05:56 PM
coqauvin

19 registered some sound, but it was faint. 20 was just about completely silent for me
03-07-2009, 12:32 AM
bacon ops

barely heard 20.
03-07-2009, 03:55 AM
dudeman

Peoples' results will differ depending on which speakers they use.

I could hear up to 18 kHz on my laptop speakers, but only up to 16 kHz on my earbuds.
03-07-2009, 09:03 AM
coqauvin

i have a sound that is remarkably like 19K ringing in my ears all the time, very quietly

it is certainly quite annoying
03-07-2009, 09:04 AM
zeroslave

A
03-07-2009, 10:25 AM
fm2176

14, too many kabooms in my trade.
03-07-2009, 10:55 AM
Lewis

Im' 19 and I can hear 22.

But I'm listening through studio reference monitors, regular speakers etc will generally only have a decent response up to about 19, so don't be worried if it's lower than you'd think.
03-07-2009, 06:00 PM
Nick2.1

I can hear 16 and I am 20. I listen to my iPod a whole lot.
03-07-2009, 08:48 PM
simonj

Quote:

Originally Posted by coqauvin

i have a sound that is remarkably like 19K ringing in my ears all the time, very quietly

it is certainly quite annoying

That's called tinnitus and you should get it checked. You really don't want to go deaf before you reach 80.
03-08-2009, 01:10 AM
Cryptic

I could hear 18. That's also how old I am.
03-08-2009, 01:27 AM
coqauvin

Quote:

Originally Posted by simonj

That's called tinnitus and you should get it checked. You really don't want to go deaf before you reach 80.

i know it is tinnitus, and wheni asked my family doctor about it he identified it, and when i asked what he could do about it, he said 'nothing'

so here i am
03-08-2009, 05:36 AM
Lewis

Tinnitus is the tiny hairs in your ear, which sense vibrations dying. Which is why you hear it most after extremes of volume, but it can just come on for no reason. After a while it'll go away, but you will suffer reduced hearing ability.

Unfortunately there's not really a lot that can be done unless you want a hearing aid, pretty pointless when all you're suffering is slight high frequency loss.
03-08-2009, 07:58 AM
pandar

14
03-08-2009, 09:48 AM
coqauvin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lewis

Tinnitus is the tiny hairs in your ear, which sense vibrations dying. Which is why you hear it most after extremes of volume, but it can just come on for no reason. After a while it'll go away, but you will suffer reduced hearing ability.

Unfortunately there's not really a lot that can be done unless you want a hearing aid, pretty pointless when all you're suffering is slight high frequency loss.

oh i've had it peak every now and then and cause me trouble, and i've heard the death cries of frequencies i'll never be able to hear again

but i mean literally every second of the day, there is this high pitched squeal or whine that sounds remarkably like 19k on my speakers, just quiet, all the time.

my cousin has the same thing and i remember the two of us having discussions baout how there was no such thing as silence
03-08-2009, 11:10 AM
Woofness

Quote:

Originally Posted by coqauvin

oh i've had it peak every now and then and cause me trouble, and i've heard the death cries of frequencies i'll never be able to hear again

but i mean literally every second of the day, there is this high pitched squeal or whine that sounds remarkably like 19k on my speakers, just quiet, all the time.

my cousin has the same thing and i remember the two of us having discussions baout how there was no such thing as silence

Got to around 18/19...I have tinnitus pretty badly as well so got fairly confused as to which noise was actually there.

I think musicians get it worse. My hearing in general is awful, practically deaf in one ear.
03-08-2009, 11:40 AM
fm2176

I can whistle with my ears when I try to pop them. No tinnitus I am aware of, though, I started wearing earpro years ago when the mission permits it.
03-08-2009, 11:56 AM
coqauvin

in spite of the tinnitus, i always seem to get loud jobs - lumber mill, window factory - basically cutting things with saws all the time.

I always wore ear plugs and i still can't believe that out of everyone in the mill, i was 1 of 2 of 7 who regularly wore earplugs, and in the window factory, i was one of 2 of 30 who wore earplugs, even though there were people running louder machines than I was.

i'm still not a fan of loud noises, except concerts and whatnot
03-08-2009, 03:56 PM
Think

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mang

I could only hear up to 16k, i'm 17.
03-08-2009, 03:59 PM
TheOriginalGrumpySpy

With a change in listening areas I could hear 20kHz
03-08-2009, 07:37 PM
sycld

Quote:

Originally Posted by coqauvin

i'm still not a fan of loud noises

LOUD NOISEZ
03-08-2009, 11:05 PM
amac211

I cant hear above 15, and im 21. Although, I have no right ear drum, and have holes in my left. Thats probably why.
03-09-2009, 02:40 AM
zeroslave

I'm glad you made a thread about this. I was actually dog watching for my friends parents this weekend and I played certain sounds every time the one annoying dog barked. He eventually realized that his ears wouldn't hurt if he didn't bark.
03-15-2023, 04:22 PM
MrTroy

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTroy

18, 24 years old

Ultra bump. Also I have lost 18, 17 & 16. I can barely hear 15 and 14 is clear. Not too bad now that I am 38. For those of you in this thread still coming to this god forsaken cemetery, test again (website still works!!) and let us know how much shittier your hearing has gotten over the last 14 years.
04-17-2023, 04:16 PM
DaiTengu

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaiTengu

31 years old.

can still hear 18khz :)

14 years later. goddamn I was a smug little shit.

needless to say, I can't hear 18khz. or anything close to it, anymore.

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