How good is your hearing?

[Wes]

notch hearing loss at 4 kHz - from lightning strikes

 

[dasdoing]

it appears I have a notch filter for the frequencies of my wife’s voice sometimes, or so she says.

I call it a limiter, cause it prevents distorsion in our brains

 

[jasonhanjk]

I can feel the pain in my ear at 19.5kHz. Never repeated that after more than 10 years.

 

[AdamG]

Great thread. Should be promoted to front page/sticky status. Knowledge of what your hearing range actually is can help users better select audio devices and gear. I am at 14K in one ear. The other is dismal. With this knowledge I now know for certain that eq-ing anything above 14k is wasted amp energy.

 

[Robin L]

13k. I'm 65 so I'm not shocked.

 

[Weeb Labs]

Almost exactly 18KHz at 29.

 

[raistlin65]

I can hear to about 14KHz, but it appears I have a notch filter for the frequencies of my wife’s voice sometimes, or so she says.

I call it a limiter, cause it prevents distorsion in our brains

I think some people have an expectation bias that boosts the wife's voice frequencies and perceive them as louder.

 

[dasdoing]

I think some people have an expectation bias that boosts the wife's voice frequencies and perceive them as louder.

the problem is they are made on vinyl only, and ever so often the needle jumps

 

[raistlin65]

the problem is they are made on vinyl only, and ever so often the needle jumps

So it's like listening to a favorite record, and perceiving that the needle is going to jump before you hear it

 

[dogtagkz]

16Khz, I'm 39

 

[highpurityusbcable]

It was good before this torture test. Thanks.

 

[Pdxwayne]

I am 49. Just a couple weeks ago I could "sense" up to 16Khz.

For dB difference test, I passed 0.5db. I could sense 0.2db down, but not really up, thus not doing well in that test.
0.5db:

0.2db:

For pitch, I could do 5c.

For ms 2 way, 10ms easily, lower is not as easy

 

[nimar]

A timely reminder,

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hearing-day/2021

 

[Carnatux]

19KHz and I'm 24.

 

[nerdstrike]

Apart from catching the mosquito warble which surprised me, the thing I learned is that my ambient noise level is shockingly high compared to the quiet test tones.

 

[Thomas_A]

Depends on SPL. It drops sharply around 16-17 kHz. I am 53.

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

'How good is your hearing?' - Isn't this the most important thing to consider when buying audio equipment?

 

[Robin L]

'How good is your hearing?' - Isn't this the most important thing to consider when buying audio equipment?

Nah---it's the number of knobs and the expanses of chrome:

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

'Knobs of Chrome' - what a band they were

 

[ENG]

Almost 14 kHz, I am 70.