Ryan H Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Below are direct links to MP3 files from 8kHz all the way up to 20kHz. Just the fundamental; no overtones, no harmonics, nothing. Play them as loud as you comfortably can (they only play for about 1 second, so no worries about hearing loss). Supposedly babies are born able to hear 20kHz. Let's see how good our ears are. I can clearly hear up to 17kHz, can't hear 20kHz, and between there's a slight rolloff. 8000hz 10,000hz 12,000hz 14,000hz 15,000hz 16,000hz 17,000hz 18,000hz 19,000hz 20,000hz -Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Light&Shade Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I had to have the volume on max. My right ear: 8,000hz to 12,000 hz. My left ear: 8,000hz to 14,000hz. Can't hear anything above these levels. I was diagnosed 7 years ago with Menieres Disease, which affects my hearing and balance. I have to take medication on a daily basis to control this. I'm just glad that I heard something :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 16khz is clear, 17khz is so very faint that if I hadn't been told there was something to hear I'd have been unable to notice it. As such I didn't claim to hear it. Above that? Absolutely nothing whatsoever. But there was no real 'roll-off' as such in my case. Everything below 17khz was very clear then it effectively falls away totally. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brc Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Wow, just barely heard 10,000 hz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Top Dan Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Wow, I heard 10,000hz really clearly but couldn't hear 12,000 at all I'm only 34...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Heard 12k but not 14k… I have a constant ring in my ears anyway so I think that covers up anything over 14k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I just bought hearing aids and I also have tinnitus, so you know I can't hear squat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I was able to at least hear the 20,000 Hertz, but I'm very young and I thankfully have most of my hearing left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyMoon Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Well....not sure how accurate this test is but before y'all go running off to the doctor ya might want to run off to your local future shop or electronics store and get better quality speakers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Well....not sure how accurate this test is but before y'all go running off to the doctor ya might want to run off to your local future shop or electronics store and get better quality speakers.... This. Those that had no roll off it's more likely the frequency response of your speakers is lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobF_ Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 15K clear, 16K rolls off and I can fool myself into thinking I've detected 17K about 50% of the time. This is at 54 using a pretty good, if aging set of Event PS-8 monitors. This might explain why BB Pro bridge pickups sound like nails on a chalkboard to me - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Those that had no roll off it's more likely the frequency response of your speakers is lacking. I did wonder about the frequency response bit because on my crappy in-built PC speakers I could hear no higher than 12khz and so I dug out a pair of headphones. I suppose for an accurate test we'd need to go to the 'proper' place - an audiologist? - and get a check-up in the normal way? P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 I guess it should have been mentioned that good headphones (preferably) or good speakers would be required to get an accurate assessment. My Sennheiser HD380's have a frequency response of 8hz-27kHz, so I'd say mine was pretty accurate. Also fairly consistent with the legitimate hearing tests I've had at audiologists. -Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 18khz is the last one I can hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I was just at the ENT doc last week so I'm good. Well,, other than that whole deviated septum thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I wonder what the frequency is of my wifes voice ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brc Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I wonder what the frequency is of my wifes voice ? LOL Not sure about my ex wives frequencies, but the last "ex" decibal was probably 150. I think a jet liner is 170. Boy, she could put it out there. Did not take me long to say enough of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Very strange. At all frequencies I got a good signal readout on my desk but at first I couldn't hear a single one of these samples. I tried replaying the 12k one several times and the audio is definitely coming on then shutting off intermittently, plays the whole 3 secs about every 5th time despite what the desk meter indicates. Strange, is that me, is it my gear? Anyway I've gone for 12khz. Well,, other than that whole deviated septum thing.... You too huh? I haven't been able to breathe properly through my nose for 50 years (despite surgery) because a bully broke it for me when I was a kid. I suffer every day and night because of it and I'm still so angry that I hope I never find that guy. Because I would definitely do something stupid if I did.......negative, off topic, apologies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8_4thesh0w Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 This was very interesting. The pc monitor speakers let me hear 12,000 and not above. Tried a pair of $15 Koss earbuds and got the same result. Tried the Sony headphones that came with my Walkman CD player and got the same result. Tried my son's $150.00 Beats thinking they would surely be better and got the same result. (I told him before that he wasted money on them.) Then I tried my $5 Chinese Walmart cellphone earbuds and could faintly hear 14,000. :angry: Very interesting indeed, especially since my kids started using vibrate when they found out I could hear their high pitched ringtones. (Funny, 'cause I can hear that too.) I suppose at 55 I should feel fortunate. I will be looking into some Klipsch or Sennheisers. Trouble is... many manufacturers don't list frequency response on the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 This was very interesting. The pc monitor speakers let me hear 12,000 and not above. Tried a pair of $15 Koss earbuds and got the same result. Tried the Sony headphones that came with my Walkman CD player and got the same result. Tried my son's $150.00 Beats thinking they would surely be better and got the same result. (I told him before that he wasted money on them.) Then I tried my $5 Chinese Walmart cellphone earbuds and could faintly hear 14,000. :angry: Very interesting indeed, especially since my kids started using vibrate when they found out I could hear their high pitched ringtones. (Funny, 'cause I can hear that too.) I suppose at 55 I should feel fortunate. I will be looking into some Klipsch or Sennheisers. Trouble is... many manufacturers don't list frequency response on the package. Beats are nasty cheap headphones with some attention grabbing branding and a dependence on people thinking expensive means good. I've tested several pairs against my sennheisers which cost half the money and they don't come close. They're not even as good as the shite that came with my Samsung phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobF_ Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 My first pass on this was PC motherboard audio to monitors, 16K was the top. Seeing other responses I got curious. Changed to my m-audio Delta66 to headphones; Sony MDR V700s. New results are definite tones thru 19K, with 20K sounding like an increase in the noise. This is with full volume thru the system. http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-specs/MDR-V700DJ/list Can you normalize the levels to zero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Bummer, I could only hear the 8000 so thought it must have been my speakers etc. Got out the headphones, turned all volumes up to max - still could only hear the lowest one. Too many years of loud stages I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 About 5 years ago I ended up going to an ENT doc because I was experiencing severe tinnitus to the point that my ears would actually pain at the slightest bit of loud sound or shrill laughter etc. Anyway he sent me to an audiologist for a hearing test and I told him that I had been playing hard and heavy rock since the late '60s and figured that I was now paying for it.Anyway both he and I were really blown away when he went over the printout after my test and saw that all my scores were way way above normal not only for my age but way above the general population.I could hear frequencies far beyond most other people on both the higher and lower ends of the scale,plus I could hear even the faintest whispers over the headphones.When I took the audiologists printout to my ENT doc and he looked over the results he told me that my problem was that my hearing was "too" good and that I should be able to hear grass grow.He said that if I bought a good pair of earplugs the tinnitus would tame down after a while,and it did.After seeing so many of my good friends experiencing profound hearing loss and seeing so many famous musicians affected by years of subjecting themselves to incredibly loud volumes,I though that if anyone should be experiencing hearing loss,it should be me as I was notorious for playing exceedingly loud back when loud was the "in thing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I heard nothing at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I heard nothing at all Are your computer's speakers muted, Bill? P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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