How bad is your hearing?

[djheater]

I can hear up to 16.7 and I'm 31

Ring Tones page

List what you can hear and your age.



Just curious. I want to know how bad mine is, I was surprised I got up that high, considering all the abuse I've put my ears through...

I just tested it again, and I can only hear 16.7 out of my left ear... so I imagine in a couple of years that will be gone as well.

~~edit

If you're having trouble, you might try putting volume at 100% and if you're using headphones make sure you have both on.

~~~good point MSDAWN

WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!!!

Playing a note barely audible at high levels is very likely to destroy the high frequency drivers in your loudspeakers!!! ALWAYS start out with lower volume levels FIRST. Put on some Snoop or Godsmack to adjust your levels (and ears hehe) first.

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Here's a 60 second long log sweep covering 1 Hz to 22,000 Hz. It was recorded at -3dB to allow for headroom.

^^^^^^^Lower your volume first^^^^^^^^^^

 

[tfinch2]

I can hear the 21.1 one, but not the last one. I'm 22.

 

[Amused]

I'm 39 and 10kHz is the highest I hear.

But then, that could be the limit of my old Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers. I dunno.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Amused
I'm 39

ha.

 

[zbalat]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
I can hear the 21.1 one, but not the last one. I'm 22.

Same here. I'm 38

 

[lyssword]

i'm 20yr old, if I turn volume on 20- 50% in headphones I can clearly hear the 21.1khz, but there is no even clicking noise (at start and end) on 22.4, its likely my headphones cant even support such high fequency

 

[pontifex]

isn't this the same type of thing as that mosquito ringtone thing that kids were using?
whats with all the reposts about it again? this is like 3 months old.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: pontifex
isn't this the same type of thing as that mosquito ringtone thing that kids were using?
whats with all the reposts about it again? this is like 3 months old.

It was in the popular media.. somebody mentioned it's been picked up by law and order or something... I was just reading some other forums post about something and this website was linked. I don't have a bunch of people handy to quiz about what they can hear and what they can't, and this is the first site I've seen which has listed the tones easily so I posted.

I remember the posts you're talking about but I don't think any of them asked this question, and search sucks anyway.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Ladybuggy made me stop

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: lyssword
i'm 20yr old, if I turn volume on 20- 50% in headphones I can clearly hear the 21.1khz, but there is no even clicking noise (at start and end) on 22.4, its likely my headphones cant even support such high fequency

Ah, cool! at 100% volume, I can move 1 step up to 17.7kHz

 

[imported_LoKe]

The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 21.1kHz with ease, volume almost at 0. The next one, however, I can't hear at all, even at 100% volume.

 

[OutHouse]

37 and i can hear up to 14.9

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: LoKe
The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 21.1kHz with ease, volume almost at 0. The next one, however, I can't hear at all, even at 100% volume.

its possible that average comp audio hardware is not even capable of playing @ this frequency

 

[Chunkee]

16.7 and I am 38

 

[NatePo717]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
I can hear the 21.1 one, but not the last one. I'm 22.

Me too but I'm 21 and had to turn the volume up on my laptop to just berely hear it.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: LoKe
The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 21.1kHz with ease, volume almost at 0. The next one, however, I can't hear at all, even at 100% volume.

its possible that average comp audio hardware is not even capable of playing @ this frequency

And my comp is definitely below average for now. Hm...

 

[Dualist]

I can hear the 18.8kHz sound pretty well.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Duality210
I can hear the 18.8kHz sound pretty well.

Age?

 

[Linflas]

14.9, 50 years old. I'm going to try them again at home on a decent computer to see if I can hear any of the higher ones.

 

[platinumike]

theese things are driving my dog nuts.

 

[Rubycon]

Those ringtones are pure garbage and the speakers most people use to playback will not reproduce the fundamental sinus tone correctly. Matter of fact, it *sounds* so low they turn up their volume so high what they *think* they're hearing is the fundamental is not! It's a subharmonic or other distortion.

The real test is to use a qualified tone generator and transducer capable of generating undistorted tones in excess of 100 kHz. Fortunately, most people don't have access to this type of equipment. :Q

Originally posted by: lyssword
i'm 20yr old, if I turn volume on 20- 50% in headphones I can clearly hear the 21.1khz, but there is no even clicking noise (at start and end) on 22.4, its likely my headphones cant even support such high fequency

You know why? That's a mute clip. It's all zeroes. There is nothing in there to hear.

 

[Kyanzes]

30 and I couldn't here anything higher than 18.8

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Those ringtones are pure garbage and the speakers most people use to playback will not reproduce the fundamental sinus tone correctly. Matter of fact, it *sounds* so low they turn up their volume so high what they *think* they're hearing is the fundamental is not! It's a subharmonic or other distortion.

The real test is to use a qualified tone generator and transducer capable of generating undistorted tones in excess of 100 kHz. Fortunately, most people don't have access to this type of equipment. :Q

Alright, I'll grant that these are not the actual frequencies listed, by virtue of the range of hardware, etc. Nonetheless we're testing discrepancies... I would wager it's likely that the young whippersnappers who can hear into the higher range would still be able to if we used identical equipment. So while this is not scientific, it's still an interesting inquiry, at least to me, which is why I posted it.

 

[Darkstar757]

27 and I could hear up to 21.1

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: Duality210
I can hear the 18.8kHz sound pretty well.

Same here....but on crappy (free) headphones, going to try again on my z2300's at home