Online hearing test

[Mivera]

Is anyone brave enough to test their hearing and post results?


http://hearingtest.online

 

[Purité Audio]

You know exactly how to hurt someone don't you!
Keith.

 

[Mivera]

You know exactly how to hurt someone don't you!
Keith.

No I just thought it would be interesting to see how choice in audio gear correlates with peoples actual hearing. It would be excellent data for a science forum.

 

[Thomas Savage]

that would be interesting, what would be useful would be for this info to be programed into your hifi and through DSP be implemented to give you a tailored sound pallet. this is not beyond the now...

 

[Purité Audio]

No I just thought it would be interesting to see how choice in audio get correlates with peoples actual hearing. It would be excellent data for a science forum.

I should have added a 'smiley' it is however ironic that most of the guys who can afford the High End most probably can't hear the 'high end'!
Keith.

 

[Mivera]

that would be interesting, what would be useful would be for this info to be programed into your hifi and through DSP be implemented to give you a tailored sound pallet. this is not beyond the now...

Yes they tune hearing aids based on peoples actual hearing, so why not hifi systems as well?

 

[amirm]

Online hearing tests played through PC is tricky business. Resampling errors are easily audible instead of the original tone. And I don't know that any of these sites have properly calibrated tones. You can also easily damage your hearing further by turning up the volume to hear higher frequencies.

They are OK for fun but not to get any valid data. Years ago a company sold a little device that came with its own headphones to do this test right. I bought it, ran it, got disgusted and that was that.

 

[Mivera]

Online hearing tests played through PC is tricky business. Resampling errors are easily audible instead of the original tone. And I don't know that any of these sites have properly calibrated tones. You can also easily damage your hearing further by turning up the volume to hear higher frequencies.

They are OK for fun but not to get any valid data. Years ago a company sold a little device that came with its own headphones to do this test right. I bought it, ran it, got disgusted and that was that.

Ha ha, yeah it would be very difficult to have the testing perimeters exactly the same for everyone taking the test. Working in the oilfield I also have had several hearing tests done as well. Turns out I don't have perfect hearing, however when there's gear that I think subjectively sounds great, others tend to agree with me. So I think that's all that really matters. It also happens that this gear measures well too. I still haven't caught on to the soggy tube sound. Perhaps I need to break the $200000 threshold to find the holy grail in that department.

 

[wgscott]

This was with dogs messing with me and each other in the background, so it might not be ideal, but since it is better than I thought it would be, I am somewhat happy.

 

[wgscott]

I tested my right ear only, which is slightly congested at the moment. I am not sure if the differences (one increment in most cases) are significant...

BTW, I am one of those people who can never hear "night and day" differences between cables, sampling frequencies, etc, but the high-pitched sounds that come out of some electronics drives me nuts.


Left ear:

So I am selectively deaf in my left ear at 4K. I wonder if that is my wife's vocal frequency?

 

[Mivera]

This was with dogs messing with me and each other in the background, so it might not be ideal, but since it is better than I thought it would be, I am somewhat happy.

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Okay looks like you will pass as a valid subjectivist. Now you can go on WBF and share your subjective evaluations with dignity

 

[wgscott]

But the measurements really don't tell the whole story, i.e., how I am uniquely able to perceive the raw power, beauty, emotion and Nyquist cutoff of music.

 

[Mivera]

But the measurements really don't tell the whole story, i.e., how I am uniquely able to perceive the raw power, beauty, emotion and Nyquist cutoff of music.

Yeah I guess it only goes up to 8k. You definitely won't be able to hear super tweeters that extend up to 40k that's for sure!

 

[wgscott]

I can hear a mosquito buzzing, which I believe is 17 kHz, but the new digital ones probably have aliasing artifacts caused by carrying a load of Zika virus.

 

[RayDunzl]

I can hear a mosquito buzzing, which I believe is 17 kHz, but the new digital ones probably have aliasing artifacts caused by carrying a load of Zika virus.

Even I can hear a mosquito buzzing around my head.

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/DianaLeung.shtml

"There are variations in the values of the frequency at which mosquitoes beat their wings. Sources show this value ranging from 250 to 1000 Hz. "

I suppose you are thinking of a mosquito repellent tone generator, which wouldn't stop me at all.

 

[Mivera]

Even I can hear a mosquito buzzing around my head.

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/DianaLeung.shtml

"There are variations in the values of the frequency at which mosquitoes beat their wings. Sources show this value ranging from 250 to 1000 Hz. "

Looking good Ray! It that what you wore to the Bowie concert back in 73?

 

[RayDunzl]

Looking good Ray! It that what you wore to the Bowie concert back in 73?

It wasn't. But I remember. It was shiny, and quite useless for anything else.

 

[wgscott]

According to this, I can hear 15kHz clearly, but not 16 kHz.

http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/hearing_test/

 

[wgscott]

Who's next?

 

[amirm]

As soon as I can fit my earphone into my dog's ear, he will be next.