We got a lot of positive feedback on our Can You Hear Like a Teenager? article, and it inspired us to take it just a little bit further.
Check your hearing with a list of tones that go from 8Hz all the way up to 22,000Hz. It’s fairly common for people who are over 25 years of age to not be able to hear above 15kHz and also experience some level of hearing loss or hearing damage such as tinnitus. This online test will help you find out where your high frequency hearing cuts off.
Musicians have a much higher risk of hearing loss that most people do, and many of us don’t really wear proper hearing protection. Even just listening to an iPod for an extended period of time can permanently damage your hearing. We also gradually lose our high-frequency hearing as we age.
Take our online hearing test: listen to each of these tones and let us know where your hearing cuts out. Make sure to turn the volume down on your headphones or speakers and gradually turn them up to a safe level.
8 kHz
10 kHz 12 kHz 14 kHz 15 kHz 16 kHz |
17 kHz
18 kHz 19 kHz 20 kHz 21 kHz 22 kHz |
Importance of Hearing Protection
If you’re around loud music a lot like I am, or if you are experiencing some hearing loss, I highly recommend getting a pair of hearing protection earplugs.
The Etymotic earlplugs don’t muffle the sound like conventional earplugs – they basically give you the same frequency response as without, but with a bit lower volume. If I wear them out to a club, they also help me carry on a conversation without yelling. Etymotic earbuds are also great in that they isolate your ear so you don’t have to turn up the volume as much on your MP3 player (ambient noise is one of the biggest reasons we turn up the volume). I love mine.
I’m 13 and can hear up to 18 kHz …
I am 20 and I can hear all of them. On 21 kHz I can hear exceptionally well.
I’m 21 and I heard up to 20kHz. Past 15kHz, they give me a really uncomfortable feeling in my throat and chest. It makes me slightly nauseated.
I’m 26. 16kHz is painful, and just barely audible. Can’t hear anything above that.
I’m 24 and can hear up to 17.
I’m 21 and I can hear up to 18kHz, 19kHz if I have the volume up louder, or I get closer to the speakers. I can’t hear anything after that though.
I tend to listen to my music pretty loud and have been to concerts that have made my eardrums vibrate.
Before you starting getting scared about not hearing the higher frequencies, just remember your speakers or headphones have to be able to output at those high frequencies. Most cheap audio systems cannot output those high frequencies. I can hear upto 20khz on both my headphones and speakers but anything above that is inaudible.
I am 11 years old and i can hear up to 20kHz. Just goes to show how your hearing decays as you get older.
I’m 25 and I heard them all.
I can hear up to 17 now… just realized my headphones weren’t plugged in lol
I can hear up to 16 but I’m using just tiny earbuds.
For those musician’s out there looking to save their hearing when practicing to a click, try viziklik, my silent metronome– made by a musician for musicians.
Regards,
Gary
I am 14 but I can only hear till 16kHz.
Is that OK?? :S
I’m 19 and can hear up to 19khz.
I’m 31 and can hear 17 very well, and a trace of sound at 18. My wife says I have dog ears because I hear things she doesn’t!
I’m 25 and I can hear 20kHz
i’m 15 and at first i got all spazztic cos i thought i cudn’t hear over 15
then it turns out my volume was really low… i can hear 18 now xD
Im 18 and i can hear 20 and 21 faintly.
actually i can hear all of them but it got a lot harder to hear them at 20. they were still there though
I’m 16 and can hear 18 kHz
I’m 43 and can only hear up to 12.
I’m 57, many rock concerts too near the speakers, can barely hear 12 , 10 yes , 12 is faint; I would advise to stand back some from the speakers, I’m shocked at the damage.
I am 25, and can hear all of them. 8-18kHz I can hear with ease but it got significantly more difficult starting at 19- Still audible though.
I’m 17 and I can only hear up to 16khz
76 can hear 20 slightly, annoying but not painful
I am 19 and my hear cuts out at 20kHz
19 years old…cuts out at 18. Although beyond that I can kinda feel it in my head, not really audible though.
I blame copious amounts of blaring “gangsta rap” in my car. Judge me.
I am 60 and can only here 8kHz !!!
I’m 29 and can hear up to 18kHz.
I’m 14 . I can hear up to 22 kHz .
24-female. I’m deaf in my right ear, but I can only hear 10 kHz… wow.
Im 18 and can hear all of them. Had to turn my speakers up to hear the last 3 though.
37 years old, 14 kHz. Probably without background AC noises 15 kHz.
i’m 19 and can only hear up to 15, dang.
27 yr old musician/artist and can faintly hear 18khz. Nothing after that.
im 18 and i can hear up to 20
I’m 26 and i can hear up to 20khz…I guess my ears are fine for now…
im 15 i can hear up to 19khz
I’m 19 and I can hear up to 15 KHz :S
I am a 17 year old female and I can hear every sound frequency. After 17 it starts to get painful though.
23 and i can hear up to 22kHz.I always listen to my music really loud.
I’m 26: 19 kHz in the left ear, 18 kHz in the right ear.
No idea why they’re different.
20 and can only hear up to 8khz
I’m 20 and I can hear up to 17.
I’m a 42 year old male and I could hear up to 17 w/out headphones….w/headphones I could hear all the way up to 21…
I’m 14 and I can hear up to 21 kHz but I sorta felt the 22 kHz in my throat and forehead.
31 m – 8-15 KHz pierce my ears, 16 KHz annoys me, and I’ve got no reaction to 17 KHz.
I’m 63, a musician, and am able to hear up to 15khz although I have a persistent tinnitus tone of about 12khz
I’m 25 and I can hear everything up to 18khz, the rest are gone with the exception of 20khz. I frequent festivals and love loud music….
I am 16 years of age and can hear up to 21 kHz.
I’m 15 and I can hear 19 kHz faintly and the rest quite well. It’s kind of frustrating to not be able to hear the rest, but whatever. 😛
24yr. Up to 20 but 18-20 i hear in my teeth. it kinda hurts.