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How deaf are you?

lazyGUY
edited March 2009 in General
pretty cool link
post what frequency you can hear up to
i got to 18 before it cut off

http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/

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  • Student0667
    edited March 2009
    I can hear up to 16 kHz.
  • Ether
    edited March 2009
    I can't hear past 15, but the speakers on this computer are awful. I'll try it again next time I have my headphones with me.
  • IVTIVT
    edited March 2009
    got to 19 but 18&19 i could just barely hear
  • buflibufli
    edited March 2009
    using laptop speakers i only got to 16hz this can be due to the mini server farm i have going ...makes makes a nice harmonic hum :P
    using apple headphones i could hear them all the last (22kHz) was really faint tho
  • DaNoobie
    edited March 2009
    I went all the way with my iPod earphones. You heard me
  • nicole
    edited March 2009
    I can hear up to 20.
  • Peter
    edited March 2009
    I could hear up to 18khz with my speakers maxed out. I'd imagine the higher frequencies would be audible with good headphones.

    Speaking of which, if our headphones/speakers aren't even capable of outputting beyond certain frequencies, we should not misconstrue it for deaf-ness.
  • vonnie
    edited March 2009
    So, Ryan is taking an acoustical engineering class (graduate studies) and did this same thing during one of his labs.

    He said whoever made this did a really poor job because nobody (young people) should be able to hear after after 20kHz.
  • schmoey
    edited March 2009
    I can hear up to and including about 18kHz (gets to a really faint and fine frequency).

    This isn't a very good test though, you can hear some stuff around 19-20kHz that's definitely lower-pitched than the ones lower. For those who are having to turn up the volume just to "hear" them, you're not doing it right. The volume shouldn't be changing, only the frequency, and if you're changing the volume to try to hear higher frequencies, then you're probably just fooling yourself.

    My friend had something like this (a dog whistle) on his iPhone.. when he held 18kHz up to my ear, my head felt really weird and I started tearing up haha.
  • vonnie
    edited March 2009
    I would have better hearing if my brother didn't blast his music wherever he goes (car, house...)

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