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.
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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 turn 28 in two months – I can clearly hear up to 18KHz, which surprises me as I listen to my music quite loud.
On a side note: I can also click my ears, I don’t know why or even how I do it – but I can…
I’m 16 and can hear to 20, BARELY
I’m 14 and I can hear all of them (Except 22) with my volume @ the lowest setting for mac. I’m using skullcandy 50/50′s when I did this – I figured it might have been because of the headphone. I tried them with my cheapie airline pair and I still could hear up to 21. I guess I have good hearing,
Humans’ ears can only hear up to 20KHz — and that’s when you’re a baby! I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but you’re either bullsh*tting or you just THINK you can hear it.
your a [removed]. i can hear all those clearly up to 22KHz. What? you gonna try tell ME i’m lying?
No. your wrong. Your only saying that because you wish you could hear over 20. Well sorry to burst your bubble, but i can hear up to maximum frequency. Stop talking about things you don’t understand. Because your really getting on people’s nerves.
Brian, I have been studying Science for 6 years at Caltech. It’s simply a fact that the human ear cannot hear most noise over 20 kHz. As much as I would love to believe you’re super human, I think you’re just being ridiculous.
I’m 23 and I can hear ALL of them. It can’t be placebo because my ears literally hurt at the end. Not as much as the 8khz hurts my ears, but they still hurt. Might have something to do with playing the piano since I was very little. I don’t think my ears are superhuman, I just have more of an attention span when it comes to sound as I listen to it carefully for 10 hours a week as I play.
Jake, it’s not science if it’s not reproducible.
If human ears have a hard limit at 20kHz then why, when I clicked on the 22kHz sample, did my wife across the room yell, “What the hell was that?”
The answer, of course, is that human ears *don’t* have a hard limit at 20kHz. There *are* people far into the upper tail of the bell curve who can hear high frequencies.
Everyone claiming to here the sounds over 20kHz, what you are actually hearing is probably something under 20Hz. Most low to mid quality sound hardware (so your media player/computer’s sound card + speakers/headphones, etc) has a constrained frequency range (usually something like 20Hz to 20kHz, often less the cheaper the product is), hence they are literally incapable of producing that sound frequency. Some players/speakers may still emit a sound for frequencies above their range, but it is not the actual frequency.
Not only is it extremely unlikely you can actually hear frequencies above 20kHz (you’d often be irritated by sounds no one else can hear, since such sound is indirectly produced by things like AC/DC power converters, transformers, faulty capacitors, etc), it’s physically impossible with most headphones/speakers, since nearly all but enthusiast-marketed speakers/headphones can only output 20hz to 20kHz.
Also, skullcandy 50/50s are rated to 20kHz. In perfect conditions. In a lab. When they’re brand new. Break-in reduces high-frequency response of any earphone with moving parts (ie: 50/50s).
Your headphones are not physically capable of producing the sound you claim to hear from them.
Point 1:
Sorry, unless u have a mutation that allows you to hear BETTER, which odds are so large you literally are incapable of comprehending its scale, you cannot hear 21k frequency.
Point 2:
Skdy 50/50′s cannot produce anything above 20kHz. Go to their website if you dont believe me. And I’m sure u can understand that a company would advertise their produce at its peak, no some average. This means that at THE VERY BEST conditions, its max is 20kHz. Therefore, it cannot physically produce the 21kHz you’re claim to hear.
Point 3:
You’re using a mac.
@Nathan, Hey buddy don’t listen to these guys. I’m about to turn 24 and I can clearly hear up to 21, but not 22. I am using speakers from new Samsung laptop in a relatively quiet (but not silent) environment. I do not claim to know the science of this but if humans can not hear at that frequency then the samples must not be correct, but don’t try to tell us that we don’t hear something. Why would anyone make that up?
Btw, I have been in bands since I was 14, using loud cheap amps, going to extremely loud death metal concerts, and frequenting loud bars/clubs lately.
One, the human ear has not been able to reliably hear anything above 20Khz.
Two, many speakers when turned even to a mid volume (relative to the speakers max) will still produce sound but the sound will not be of the correct frequency.
I cut out after 18KHz and I am 17, but like others here have stated I have been exposed to Loud sounds. It beats the loudest of rock concerts though.
I was making charges for some pyrotechnics for the 4th of July, when one of the tools I was using sparked off onto some Flash powder. it was measured out to 70 grains. Honestly I consider myself luck to have hands though they are still scared from the burns. I was deaf in both ears for a few days.
Ears are very robust but should not be abused carelessly.
Some people may be able to hear 20Khz or more, but that number is VERY small and there is something different with that person.
im 16, and i heard 21kHz, but couldnt hear 22 at all. for all the people saying you cant, i dont care what degree you have, i dont care who you claim to be or claim to know, i know i heard 21kHz. no matter impossible that is, i heard it. im sure of it
Despite what manufacturer’s will post not all speaker/amps etc will reproduce these extreme frequencies well. I’m planning on retaking this when I’m sitting at my editing desk and listening to my focal monitors.
Why would manufacturers lie about their products specs? Having a better frequency range is something that they would want to market, since enthusiasts mainly look at that spec
43 and can only hear up to 12!
My son 8 years old can hear up to 17
i am 36 and can only hear up to 12 before i found this site i was scared i was going deaf.
Good to, um, hear. 43 as well and heard the 12. not the 14. Don’t have a child to tell if it’s me or the speakers, my dog isn’t telling me.
Am 46.. can hear the 21 & 22, in fact most, but not 14 & 18!?!? WTF?
You’re probably hearing the 10.5 and 11kHz harmonics, and not the primary frequency.
How can he/she be hearing a harmonic if the fundamental frequency of 21Khz-22Khz cannot even be heard? There is not a half-octave harmonic generated from a test tone.
If you cant hear 14k then obviously, your not hearing frequencies above that, soory, there are lots of people on here that say the same. Use you brains people, your hearing lower frequency ‘artifacts ok? I can only hear up to 14k, not bad for 50yrs old BUT, I can hear thing and lower noises on 18 and 21, 22 too. But, I can hear that they are lower than 14. I’m a musician, maybe that helps…
I am 21 and I can hear all of them. I used really cheap headphones when I did it, so the headphones don’t matter. 22kHz is definitely lower than the rest of them.
Bullsh*tter. Humans can only hear up to 20KHz.
You do realize, Sir Metal, that they may be hearing some kind of noise for the 22 kHz that really isn’t that frequency at all, but instead some noise the speakers are making in an attempt at reproducing that frequency? People are just saying that they hear something, and you can’t tell them they’re not because clearly, they are. Possible explanation for this though is that their speakers/headphones or soundcard are just not perfect and end up making a sound that is NOT in fact 22 kHz. You are correct that human ears are not capable of hearing beyond the 20 kHz threshold, so then obviously when they play that 22 kHz sound byte, their computers are representing it at a much lower frequency than intended.
im not sure how most of you are doing this test up to 20khz in the first place. unless you have studio monitors your average or even home entertainment center usually dont have speakers with the ability to play a 20khz let alone a 22khz which we cant hear anyway. i have a paire of m-audio studiophile av40 monitors and they cap at 20khz. all im saying is a cant imagine a pair of stock comp speakers going past 18khz
I’m 23 and with a decent pair of earbuds, and the volume all the way up on my computer, I can hear all the way up to 20kHz. I also “hear” something on 21 and 22kHZ, but it’s more just like a low static hiss than an actual frequency. Might just be because *something* is playing though.
I’m 13 and can hear up to 19…you old people that can hear all of the things are amazing
25 year old dnb fan
spent sooo much time in underground clubs and living with musician for 6 years 
hear all of them 
haha.
I am 53, computer techie female and heard SOMETHING all the way up to 22khz. I had to turn up the volume but not unreasonably high (windows was @ about 20% speakers) and it was very faint @ 22 but i distinctly heard a tone. it was much cleared 2 18, 19 but i still heard all the way up to 22. Never been to a rock concert, always careful with volumes on ipods etc.
I used a pair shure sound isolation ear buds (a bit expensive but worth it) and a dell netbook with a high quality sound card.
It’s probably just signal noise, since your headphones are attempting to produce the sound frequency being fed to them, but can’t. The result is a noise that could be in any frequency.
Not all speakers are able to produce these sounds because with my speakers i can hear up to 14khz, then nothing until i get to the 20khz & 21khz tones which i hear very clearly!!!
During a science experiment as a teenager, it was found that i could hear the same frequencies as dogs/cats. I’m now 45.
44 y.o. male: cannot hear from 14 Khz and up. 12 Khz sounds pretty dim to me.
(Sony QS MOSFET AMP + B&O Beovox 3000, thus not laptop speakers) BTW, great test!
I am a 41 year old male, and was surprised that I could the 22khz. It was very faint, but I was able to detect it. This comes as quite a surprise since I’ve been listening to heavy metal music since about 1982, mainly with some sort of ear-phone device. I also usually turn the volume up to max. Maybe I’m lucky or maybe deafness is lurkning just around the corner for me!
i’m 19, and can only hear the 8…….maybe i need to get my hearing checked
some soundcards have low-pass filter, ASUS eee pc got it set for 8KHz, maybe you are ok…
I’m a 24 yo Male and I can hear up to 18kHz. I’m an audio engineer, so I’m paid to make the right decisions when it comes to sound. At first I was a little bit worried that I couldn’t hear anything over 18k, but in my opinion, frequencies above 16kHz, are not that important; don’t get me wrong, I am mindful of the importance of the higher frequencies, but the truth of the matter is, our ears and brain don’t need to communicate/reproduce the higher frequencies, our ears are tuned to hearing really well around the 2kHz or 2000Hz range, because that’s where most (not all) peoples voices are pitched, so the higher frequencies are pretty much redundant. So if you’re worried that you can’t hear anything over 16kHz, you really aren’t missing out on much.
I totally agree with Adam. I to am an audio engineer and he is correct. Frequencies above 16kHz really mean nothing to our everyday lives. I’m 32 and can hear up to 17kHz but in saying that, I’ve yet to have a client call me and say “Hey man, can you throw a little 18k boost to the mix…you kinda missed it on the top end.” If I want to add “air” to a mix, yes I will boost the top end at 16kHz but with an Eq, its pulling up frequencies on a curve…so I’m boosting the lower frequencies as well. In a lot of cases ultra high frequencies will hurt our ears and be very harsh, if not used correctly.
18, and can hear up to 17 kHz.
I’m half deaf in one ear ;D
No current excuse for the other ear, though.
This is spectacularly unscientific. Apart from the fact that each person will have different audio kit (and there’s a vast difference from one headphone to another, let alone speakers to headphones etc, there’s also the difference in volumes.
Really, don’t read anything into this test – protect your ears anyway (it’s common sense) and get your ears tested properly if you feel the need. Incidentally I can hear up to 23khz on a decent setup, I can’t hear past 17 on this with some fairly good computer headphones.
I’m 23 and I cant hear past 15 kHz… guess I haven’t taken as good care of my hearing as I thought
I;m 17, I couldn’t hear past 18 which I thought was odd, so I turned up my speakers and was able to hear everything.
Im 11 and i can hear 18khz
So Im 18 and with no head phones i could only hear up to 18.
but with my skull candy headphones i heard them all.
I guess it depends on what is actually producing the sound. such as laptop speakers & lowrider headphones
Im 13 and i can hear all of them with no headphones. for some weird reason i can hear a little thing that we have to keep the ants away, its very high pitched. We had to take it out because i couldn’t stand being around it. Haha has anyone had the same thing happen to them?
I am 21 years old. using a set of Klipsch Image S4 headphones. I can hear through 17kHz. I am a musician and have performed on my share of loud stages, and been to loud rock concerts and such. Apparently, it’s a natural deterioration of the human auditory system… and so slow that you won’t notice unless you do a test like this. Interesting, though!
15 and I can hear all of them, painfully loud too.
I am 31, I can hear all of them easily using my external speakers.
with my headphones i can hear up to 20. specs say they can produce 22 sounds but i can’t hear them.
with my laptop speaker i can up to 17 internal laptop speakers are designed to work for up to 17.
So it is also probable that volume (since on my external speakers can go quite loud and the lower frequencies from 16 and lower really annoy me) affects the results you guys have.
I’m 62 years of age, in great shape, healthy and all that good stuff. I just wanted to inform you that you need to get a few bugs worked out on this webpage because only the 8 kHz tone is working. lol
Hey man. Great sense of humour. I would suggest fixing all the ones above 15kHz, for I’m a 33 year old. If they don’t work for you, they’re equal to having broken. BTW, I just thought one advantage of being “normal” in hearing is to allow us get less disturbed by certain sounds which cats/dogs pay much attention to(no offence to those who can hear); though the flip side is not to be the first ones to know when an earthquake comes. Although many say it’s a deteriation of hearing, I can’t help wondering whether it’s a kind of evolution or adaptation to our environments?
I am 23 (almost 24) and I can hear up to 20 KHz
I’m 16. i can’t hear the first one without high quality headphones. even then i can’t hear past 12Khz.
18 y.o., up to 18 kHz, pressure-like feeling at full volume and 19 kHz. Used mivoc RB 105.
I’m 23. I can hear up to 20kHz at a low volume, but to hear 21 and 22kHz, I had to turn my speaks up a bit, but I’m able to hear them. I’m pretty sure it’s due to my monitor speakers, the cable (which normalizes sound for the monitor’s sake), and the on-board SPU. I’m very keen to sound since I’m an audiophile.
I guess I’m rather lucky. I’m 68 and could hear all the tones thank goodness. I am surprised though because I’ve always turned up my music rather loud and frequented places with loud bands.
I am 36 and I could here all of them pretty clearly, except 21kHz was lower in volume than 22kHz. I had my wife do several blind tests to make sure I was not cheating…and I could even tell which frequencies on most guesses.
I think the results on the sine wave were wrong. I measured all of them with my SPL meter and they were all the same volume….even though when answering it said wrong.
33 years old. I could hear all tones except the last one. I suspect my computer’s speakers are to blame as I could hear some static there not present in the other tones. I had to turn the volume all the way up though.
Well, it also depends what equipment you use. I tried with my friends headphones and I couldn’t hear 17kHz.
Using my high-end beyerdynamic headphones I was able to hear up to 18kHz.
(I’m 25)
I’m 30,5 years old & I hear sound up to 16 kHz. It is good or not?
I’m 27-years old Pole, and hear to 16 kHz, but this last not much.
29 IT guy, heard them all.
I can only hear 8 my kids can hear 20khz
I’m 20 years old and i can hear to 19 kHz
what does it means??
One thing that you should clearly note somewhere on the page: the results depend not only on your hearing abilities, but also on the quality of your computer’s sound card and other audio equipment. I think not everybody realizes this.
Maybe you should make audio files with all these tones available for download (.WAV format, no compression) so people can burn them to a CD and play that CD directly on the CD player in their HiFi system – this way one could eliminate the computer from the chain and be sure that only his or her hearing abilities affect the result…
As for my results, I can hear 15 kHz very clearly (I’m 46). I can also hear a trace of 16 kHz sound with the computer connected to my HiFi set and volume turned up quite high. No sound with 17 kHz and higher.
But who knows what clips the sound at this limit – is it my ears or the soundcard?
I hear the 10 and 12 MHz only. I reckon that I have pretty good hearing for a 38 year old male. Plan to retry this experiment with the whole family!
I’m a 47 year old male who has played a lot in bands (mainly as a drummer).
Using Sennheiser HD280 headphones I can hear up to 18kHz but nothing above that.
Sorry to dissapoint but for those who claim they can hear all the way up to 22kHz when they turn the volume up full, unfortunately what you are hearing is speaker hum. This is a distortion at high gain. If you can’t hear the pitch when the volume is 50% or less then you can’t hear the frequency.
Exactly the human ear will only pick up to 20Khz and you won’t hear 20 unless your a new born. The best way to test is actually turning the volume down if you can hear 8hz on low volume go to the next frequency and so on. then you’ll now were your hearing cuts off!!
Sometimes it’s not hearing loss, it’s just that your ears won’t detect it right away (I say based on experience, not science.) If I go up in number I can only hear up to fifteen, but if I switch up and down between the higher ones, then after a few times I drop back down and can hear up to eighteen.
I can hear up to 18 clearly, and I just turned 23. I think I can hear 19 as well, but it doesn’t sound really high pitched, but I can definitely hear something.
I can hear 19. I’m 57 and play in a band.
I’m 15 and can only hear up to 15. i do listen to my ipod pretty much every moment of the day even as i’m going to sleep. and i also play guitar quite loudly so this could be why. Also i noticed i’m always asking people to repeat themselves sometimes several times because it feels like their mumbling. maybe its just me lol
Don’t worry about it. Most of the time it’s because people do NOT speak distinctly … something to do with a measure of laziness and a measure of shyness … Dialects and weird accents f*** me up very much now that I’m 63 – stuff I had no trouble with when I was your age (?)
26. Musician. Lots of loud music. I hear them all but I’m listening on my nearfeilds and there are unavoidably other frequencies in ultra high range happening in my house that i can’t control. From 18 up there is a significant difference in what I hear, as though there is a major amplitude drop, but, what I notice perhaps more is the way that the harmonies of those ambient upper harmonics in my room are changed while the frequency is ringing.
To do this in an anecoic chamber would be cool.
I’m a 52 y/o female, and I hear 15 loud and clear, and 16 just dimly.
I work in film and have worked a lot with headphones, but mostly dealing with dialog, and not at high levels.
I have taken care of my hearing, do not listen to music loudly or via ipod very much, and use earplugs when partying / listening to bands.
28-can hear all of them equally well
You know you are only supposed to be able to hear up to 20 – coming from a junior with straight A’s.
I am 46 and could hear up to 12
Doesn’t seem to work on my Mac. I tried both Firefox and Safari browsers. The only tone that seems to generate a signal is 8K, but what I hear is much higher pitch than 8K. All of the others make no sound at all. Other hearing tests do work on my Mac.
I am using a Mac and Safari. It works this ancient ‘lamp stand’ mac, power mac 6.3 with the ‘half a grapefruit’ shaped detachable speakers. I could hear up to 14kHz at a push with the sound cranked up. I am 57.
i can hear up to 17 kHz aand im only 14
Samee here !
I’m 60 and only heard 8.
I can hear all of them easily. I have super-sensitive hearing to high-pitched sounds though. 19khz and 20khz is just simply torture to me :/. 21 is bad too. 22 is too low to be bad, even on higher volumes. It doesn’t really sound high, just sounds.
I was able to hear them all, then again, I’m only 13.
I’m 63 and mine cuts out at just over 8kHz…shame…no wonder I miss most of the whale arias…
Thank you for puting up this site. I find this extremely valuable for judging the relative pitch of tinnitus. It is interesting that one can sense the presence of some of the tones that can not be heard. It should be noted that thresholds above 8kHz may not follow the same continuium as the Fletcher Munson and MAP curves. Standing waves play a significant role and have limited the use of high-frequency hearing evaluation, as well as limited diagnostic information. As Adam stated, there are many reasons why the evaluation of high-frequency hearing is not commonplace (his being the most cogent) even though modern computer driven audiometers can be had with a high – frequency option. Further, the frequencies involved are extremely directional and just the slightest movement of the head can significantly alter the perceived intensity. I will make good use of this site regarding relative testing for patients especially when the pitch of tinnitus can’t be measured on an audiometer. Thank you again as an Audiologist, audiophile and musician. Great Job!
20KHz, but barely, I’m 19
I’m 22 and could hear all of them on the highest volume. But as many others mentioned in their comments, I’m not sure if with 21 and 22 I was just hearing static noise or the real noise.
Our cat seemed to hear all of them also haha. He wasn’t too thrilled about the noise
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I’m 33, and I can hear 8-14, but not 15. My 7 yr old can hear through 18, and my 3 yr old can hear through 19.
However, when I turned the volume all the way up, we all hear all of them. 16 went lower, 17 annoyingly high and then the rest lower.
People who listen beyond 16Khz are freak! why don’t you look for a guy named Xavier that manages an academy of people with superpowers?
Oh, just for the record, the blip heared at beginning of every sample doesn’t count, you cheaters.
I Heard All Ranges From 8KHZ to 22KHZ
For Your Interpretation If You Can Hear Any Of These Test You Dont Have Hearing Loss becuase if you can hear anything above 6000 hz Its Good This
Tests Start at 8000 Hz so If Your Hear any of these your safe
I’m 23 and I can hear up to 16 kHz.
Uh, actually I’m 24. Typo.
I’m 30 and had no difficulty in hearing any of the samples. I wish you had higher frequencies available…
Though I’m not sure my loudspeakers would produce them well.
I’m also having trouble with all kinds of electric appliances since I hear their high-frequency squeaking all the time.
I’m 46, and can hear up to 15 kHz, but not above that. My sons (12 and 14) can hear up to 20 kHz. This is on the built in speakers on an iMac. I didn’t think I had lost any hearing but clearly I’m wrong! Thanks for the fun test.
Pat
I’m 14 (so I really shouldn’t have any problems). I can hear 8-17 without effort, and have to turn my computer volume up a lot to hear 18. 20-21 were full volume and microwaved my brain but i could hear them. 22 I could barely hear but the noise was still clear. For all of you old people, you are not missing out on much. Most of the sounds are so high….. you can’t even think about what the sound like. Like your brain’s voice box doesn’t go that high. It’s unnatural ._.
It detects the range of one’s hearing, not sensitivity. So if you had to crank up the volume for higher than 17kHz, then most likely it’s a distortion. Don’t think these sounds are very pleasant, and most people cerainly wouldn’t like to listen to them all day. Not sure that’s missing on a lot.
I’m a 20-year-old who drives to loud music at full blast on a daily routine. At first I could only hear up to 13kHz on my Z-5500 speakers, but when I tried my CX-400 in-ear headphones I could hear up to 22kHz.
I wonder whether turning up the volume works the same way as wearing hearing aids; in which case if I needed amplification to hear what otherwise normal teens would seizure over then I must really be deaf.
i don’t understand how some of you can actually hear the high-pitched 22 kHz sound, not the static noise from it o.O they all sound the same to me after 20 .. i’m 16 by the way
27 and i can hear 17 khz on my pc speakers+subwoofer setup,but i cant hear 17khz in my headphones so its really important that we all listen on the same system and then compare
i can hear 19 kHz and im 14
I’m 11 and I can hear up through 20.
iCan only hear up to 17kHz , its the last one iCan hear && iAm only 14 . But iAm also 40% Deaf .
WOW… That just made me very nauseous and dizzy… FYI I will never do that again… I heard all of them which doesn’t surprise me because I can hear frequencies come out of all electrical outlets and this sounds weird but if my cell phone is close to me I can hear a noise similar to the 17khs a split second before it rings, and a TV when it first comes on, there are a number of other things too. I am 24 and I could hear all those things as far back as I can remember but as I get older it starts making me more and more nauseous… I know some of you wont believe me but I am completely serious…
Yes!! I am the same way… I hear the frequencies put out by most electronics in the house but I never really think about it until the power goes out (like it did today) and then I hear a quiet I almost never hear..and its kind of wonderful…though I love my electronics LOL
have you ever been around the cat deterrents? I can’t stand them they go right through my teeth.
I am 33, and i can vividly remember I was the same as you described – when I was about your age. I can’t remember when this amazing phenomenon disappeared from me because I never consciously paid any attention, but it’s gone. I remember I had a hearing range upto about 18~19kHz when I was 22 (tested by a friend working at an audiology lab. But the test I just did gave me much dizziness. I cannot hear higher than 15kHz, but my brain feels microwaved after listening to frequencies I can’t “hear”…
I fear that if some of us are around certain electronics which produce certain high frequencies, we are de-sensitized for good. I can hear the fridge making a noise from the kitchen while in my bedroom sleeping, I can only ignore it.
Half these people are [removed]. Only a small percentage of the population can hear up to 22KHz you’re not fooling anyone.
I can hear all of them except 20?! I can hear 21 and 22 perfectly, but no 20?!
im 18 and i can hear up to 17 then again im always blasting music anywhere i go
Im about to turn 16 and my hearing cut out at 21
im 13 years young, and i can hear up to the 17th one.
im so worried im deaf :’(
21/Male, I can hear up to 21kHz.
That was kinda amusing- i could hear easily up to 17 with my cheap antique headphones at 30% volume so i jumped to 22 and “didn’t hear anything” then thought my hearing was bad. then i realized it was just a really quiet sound that just bothered my ears so i did hear it but was expecting something really loud. looks like im all good
I can hear them all and if you have higher khz than 22 let me know. I have amazing hearing for being 18 and having my eardrum been split in half twice already. lol.
Could hear up to 17 really well…18 was faint…19-22 very faint.
I can hear up to 19kHz. When im listening 20kHz my hearing cuts out and I hear only some kind of hiss. Im 17.
Hi everybody
I’m 20 years ago men and I heard all of these samples very good. In high freeqences samples I turned a little bit on. If you want to hear all samples you need a good quality headphones. I have one with frequency response 8-23000 Hz so it’s very wide for the headphones.
i am 15 and i could hear 16kHz
is that good?!
I don’t understand how come I only have trouble hearing the 20000 Hz sound
I am 28 and i can hear 22Khz sound
I’m 14 (near 15) and I can hear all of them
, but 20-22 kHz was difficult.
Good up to 21 kHz, but nothing at all at 22
31 years old, and I can hear all of them, but it’s almost like the two highest ones I just have a slight sense that there’s a sound, but I wouldn’t call it reuly “hearing” them, you know? It’s like I can “feel” the two high ones, but I “hear” all the rest. Weird.
Took it. Can hear pretty much up to the last (the last sounds like a low pitched hum to me).
I am 24. I turned my Volume to a Loudness so that i hear 8khz not too loud and comfortable. With this Setting i can cleary hear up to 19khz.
20khz is very quiet. And at 21khz i only feel there is something, 22khz i don’t even perceive.
I heavilly use Headphones at home. Mostly I have low till moderate Volume but at long Time (hours!).
On the way i hear Music (mobile Audioplayer) very seldom.
For Concerts or Discos (both rarely) i usually use Hearprotection (Earplugs for exmaple).
I’m 70 years old and have been a musician since I was 8 yrs.
I still play the synth keyboard in public alone and in groups fairly loud. My hearing cuts out after 14 KHz, so I can still set up the mikes and check the graphic equalisers manually. I have also used power tools most my working life. I use earmufs now, but when I was younger I used tools unprotected. Don’t drink or smoke! I reckon that makes a difference.
Bram
I’m 19, and I can hear up to 21 kHz.
I’m 15, and I can clearly hear all of them. 19-22 khz was much harder to hear than 8-18 khz, but I could hear them! Which surprised me ALOT, since I listen to VERY loud music all day long, I have almost constant ringing in my ears, but it seems my hearing hasn’t been damaged.. yet! (Except for the ringing obviously)
Im 16 and i can hear upto 17
I am a 29 nearly 30 year old female and i can hear them all with both speakers on laptop and earphone’s ….i have a problem though,my hearing is awful and cant hear people speak to me when any other noise is going on around me like in a room full of other people or if outside in the wind or even on the phone with noise around me i cant hear.What drives me really mad is those Cat alarms you get for your garden to keep cats away….i can hear them so well that it actually hurts my ears. Anyone else have this same problem??
33 years old, can hear all of them. 22 is definitely more muted and more of a low hiss, but I can still detect it.
I’m 27 and I can hear all of them if I have my computer volume all the way up… I had to start off with the volume around 15 percent because I thought my ears were going to bleed. At 17 I had to turn the volume all the way up and then I heard the rest of them.
If anything is loud enough you’ll hear it right? Even with the high freqencies?
18 years old. Heard up to 18 kHz. Which I find surprising, cause I don’t listen to my iPod through my ear buds very much.
I am 26 and can hear all the way up to 22khz and perhaps more if there were more tests using the TVs DAC via HDMI clearly (required some more volume than the lower frequencies).
If I used the onboard sound card DAC it cuts off at 16khz. So much for it being 24bit 196khz LOL. So I don’t think you can get accurate tests for this using standard audio equipment.
I’m 23, up to 19khz easily, 20 i still perceive that there is a sound going on but cant really hear it… weirdly i hear 15khz a bit less than 14khz or 16khz…
Using Grado SR-80 Headphones…
(btw if you use speakers pc speaker or some other cheap speaker (yes i know there are good pc speaker over 500$…), some compress sound after a specific frequency so that the 22khz will in fact be a 16khz for example… like the cheap iphone speaker that make you hear up to 25khz… lol)
Im 12 and can clearly hear up to 18 and very faintly hear 21.
28, 17/18Hz depending on the computer; not sure if its my audio codec cutting it off; but, I am going to guess I just can’t hear above that anymore, except for some fluke frequencies.
And yes; dog and cat alarms as well as old computer monitors and tv’s drive me NUTS! Not as much of a problem as it used to be though. I remember in Junior High arguing with a teacher about a computer monitor being on somewhere in the room. She called me a liar, and indeed I was right. I can still hear those pesky things! Thank goodness the days of CRT’s is over!
I’m a 18 years old boy and I can heare them all!:P
I am 27 years old and can hear up to 20 barely. I am getting old lol
i am 29 and with my studio monitors ( samson resolv 65a i can hears up to 22 khz but with another speakers i hear only up yo 17…with my beats by dre solo hd headphones i can hear up to 19 khz so the problem can be bad quality speakers
I can BARLEY hear 17 and im 13….
17 and heard all of themm
Im 18 1/2 and can hear up to 18 . JusT BARELY BARELY can i hear 19 im in trouble arent i?
I’m 18 and I can only hear the 8 KHZ, the very first one. Is that ok?
I’m 35 and I can hear up to 15. The two top ones, 21 and 22 khz, hurt my right ear – it turned warm as well for some reason.
17 and can hear them all
im 16, and I can hear all of them, though the 22khz is really quiet. That doesnt surprise me though, cuz i can hear the high pitch sounds electronics make, i can even hear my own laptop.
im 22 and i can hear all the freq (up to 22) with audio technica esw9
the reason you probably cant hear anything is probably due to your sh*tty speakers.
I am 19 and I can clearly hear up to 20kHz. I can just barely hear 21 and 22. Up to 16 kHz hurts my ears and 17 kHz and above does not.
23 years old.
The levels of the soundcard’s equalizer were set as default and I could hear up to 16 Khz, I hear 17Khz too, I think. When I adjusted the equalizer, every frequence was audible.
Im 31 years old, I hear all of them:)
I’m 16 and I can hear up 20. I thought I’d share since everyone else was. But honestly, I think with the right headphones, I could hear up to 22.
Okay. Bye.
I am 25 and my headphones are making noise but i can still hear 21. 22 is more muted but can still hear it
same for me but im 13
I can hear them clearly up to 18KHz, not sense 19, and barely sense 20.
13 1/2 years.
I’m 29 a musician and I can hear all the way up to 22.
i am 13 and i can hear up to 20 khz
Im 24 years old and i can hear 17 khz, and my friend is 14 years old he can hear 19 khz
At 40, I can hear @16khz with Sennhieser PX80.
A lot depends on what is the dynamic response of the headphones used to check out the tests
Would have also loved to see test below 30hz for the low frequency range.
I can hear up to 17 on a tablet and I can hear everything on my home stereo with it turned up a little high.
21, no headphones, 1/3 volume, and can hear 22.
Dude there are A LOT of people commenting that they can hear 22 khz… NOT scientifically possible.
Especially these late 20s ppl and beyond saying that.
Im 23, I can hear some low frequency fundamentals of 22 and or maybe just some electronic noise, but no one is hearing 22 khz.
at 41 used a set of Panasonic RP-HTX7 headphones Just heard up to 16 kHz a little troubling since I’m a musician…
I heard all the way to 22 and i’m using a schools speaker lol
I HEAR ALL THE THINGS!!!
I’m 18 and listen to music constantly, i even set my iPod to play while i’m sleeping and then time it to shut off by itself. I am super shocked that i can hear 21 kHz. It’s crazy, but it’s kinda cool.
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Can hear up to 20, not 21? but i can hear 22…
does that make sense????
I’m 41 and can hear 17 Khz with the sound turned up.
Iam 20 years old. I got into this place by suriosity as sometimes i hear high frequency sounds around the plcae and like no one int he class can hear it so it was just a curiosity. Anyways I can hear up to 18kHz without earbuds but with earbuds i can hear upto 21kHz whihc then gave me a headache
I’m 18 and i can hear up to 20Khz clearly at full volume (albeit the 20Khz is very faint), is it normal that sometimes i have this ringing in my ears very close to the 20Khz?
im 18 with normal desk speakers i can heard 19 khz
i did the test with mom and she only heard up to 14khz, she is 52 years old omg
I’m over 60 and I cannot even hear 12kHz. Which is partly my own fault, I work with loud machinery and I only occasionally wear protective ear covers.
Ok folks, before you get upset that you cannot hear the higher frequencies check the technical specifications of your speakers/headphones then realize that they are actually lower than what is advertised. The younger poeple here probably have better hardware as they are more interested in multimedia applications. In any case, frequencies are supposed to be unique, so hearing “lower harmonics” should be out of the question.
I’m 34 and can hear up to 15 kHz using earbuds. My (very cheap) PC speakers seem to quit at 12 kHz though.
I am 19 years old and I cut out at 17Khz. I’m also a musician, so that pretty much explains it.
i can hear them all perfectly up to 18 with fairly decent sennheiser earphones (im 19 years old). The ones after that, I can hear what sounds like harmonics or compression noise. This doesnt count, though. You are listening for a clear high pitched whistle.
I am 33 years of age and can hear up to 21 khz.
Okay i hear up to 20 and 21 and 23 disturb my ear in a very weird way…. O.O i never wanna hear that again. Ever. lol its such a tiny sound but it makes my ear or something vibrate… i just can hear it so clearly :S
I am 31 years old and i can hear 12KHZ.
I can only hear up to 18… never was really a fan of loud music and I’m only 22… I hope this doesn’t mean I’ll need hearing aids when i’m in my 40′s lol
Well, I have been an avid car audio enthusiast for around 20 years. I have owned systems that exceeded 140 dB, and usually listen to my music at fairly loud volumes. I am 37 years old, and was able to hear up to 17 kHz. The only thing this really tells me, is that I can still hear some very high frequencies. Funny enough, it’s not mentioned in here about mid level hearing loss ….which is where a lot of problems start arising for most people. Being able to distinguish people’s words when they speak would have absolutely nothing to do with very high frequencies. I’m not an expert of any kind, but it seems to me that this test really accomplishes nothing at all.
i’m 23 and cannot hear past 15 kHz …not bad i guess
I am 14. I can hear them all up to 18. Well, I can hear 19 and up, but just the click at the end, not the static itself. I’m also trying to listen to these WHILE my sister is playing a flute. :/
Age 64. Cuts off above 10kHz
i am 18 and can only hear up to 17 khz, above that I can only hear a tiny amount of background noice (crackling)when I put my headset up to full
well I checked and all headsets and speakers I have go from 1000 HZ to 20 KHZ it saids so on the box and sometimes on the back of a speaker
Hi Im 22 years old and i have studied music tech level 3 and HND. I am currently on my last year in PHD Sonic Science and i can verify us humans can hear below 20hz and above 20khz this is just an average scale most of us can hear, some humans have been recorded responding to sounds at 16hz and 24khz, several monks have also responded to ultra sonic sounds like 50khz and more! I can currently only hear 19hz at a push.
Please remember that you need to give your ears a rest. Hearing damage occurs when exposed to loud volumes for extended periods. Running a lawn mower or listening to music through headphone may be ok for a half hour, but if you’re hearing loud sounds for over a few hours you will probable cause some damage.
I can only hear up to 12 kHz. I’m an award winning musician, tour around North America, and spend a lot of time in the recording studio.
The quality of the speakers/earphones, the proximity of your ear to the speakers/earphones are also important, and believe it or not, the angle of your ear to the speaker.
With my average quality earphones, I could not hear the notorious “mosquito” tone. But using my friend’s very high quality earphones I could hear it.
Having my Macbook pro on the desk, I could hear up to 15kHz. Putting my ear right up to the speakers, I could hear up to 17kHz.
And with 18kHz and 19kHz, depending on what angle my ear was to the speaker, I could sometimes hear them, and sometimes not.
BTW: I’m 44.
Well, as JB noted on July 29th, 2011, this test IS SPECTACULARLY UNSCIENTIFIC. He is right on when he says this test depends on your setup. If you hear something above 20K, you are most likely hearing harmonics generated by your setup.
I am a computer technician and a musician, and absolutely NO netbook has a “high quality sound card.” Fancy headphones/earbuds make no difference if the sound subsystem (and codecs) in your computer don’t work properly. My son’s computer uses a motherboard with an integrated (read cheap) sound system. When he played the tones above 12K, I could hear sound all the way up to and including 22K. They were obviously harmonics as there is NO WAY I could hear freqs that high and to me, the some of the sounds were lower in pitch that 12K. Harmonics.
I tried this test using my Gateway MD2614U laptop. It has decent sound and I could hear up to 12K. I’m 53. I hear the speaker click when it becomes active at 14K, but no sound. I hear nothing at all above that. I had a co-worker listen and he is 35 and he could hear 14K but nothing above that.
I did like the info about tinnitus though. All these years, I thought I had it because I hear the high frequency sounds when I am in a quiet area. I didn’t realize that was normal.
Update: I tried this test again using the output from my laptop going through my Marantz receiver then to my cheap Philips headphones. The 8K sound was so loud, that my 18 year old son heard it in his bedroom, 20 feet away with the door closed. Using this setup, with the added volume boost, I could clearly hear the 14K tone, the 15K tone, and possibly the 16K tone.
Above that, I either can’t hear a tone or I hear harmonics. I’m going to have my son try this next. It is useful to find out how good your sound system performs too.
Wait, so no one else could hear 22khz easily? Is it bad I can hear it clearly?
I used to, five years ago.
I’m 53 and wah! I fall off starting at 8 and with good speakers can here 14 if it’s loud enough. I’m also one of the unlucky ones that developed tinnitus (ringing of the ears) this year. It’s really internal feedback as your brain turns up the gain to compensate for declining sensors. Actually, I have it intermittently, at about 12KHz: I don’t have it for a couple of days, then I’ll have it for a couple. Sometimes it goes away for up to 5 days. It’s slowly declining in volume and so it now only bothers me when it gets high which is about once a month now.
No known cure … my father who is 94 and has terrible hearing had it for a year 40 years ago. My ENT said he had roaring sound for 10 years and then woke up one day and it was gone. Brain adjusting its parameters. We’ll see if mine ever goes completely away … or maybe they’ll cure it in a decade or 3.
I’m scared. I’m 14, I listen to music on a daily bases and loud, too.
I can only hear up to 16, but maybe it’s just because my volume isn’t all the way up. I don’t really have any other symptoms, though, I can hear everyone talking loud and clear. Unless they mumble.
Hi all,
Thanks for the test, it’s very interesting. I’m 28 and could hear, just barely, with volume all the way up, the 18 kHz frequency. 17 was clear, for 18 I had to crank the volume, and still it was more like I perceived, on the verge of my senses, or kind of felt the sound than actually hearing it. On low volume I did not hear it.
PC was an Asus laptop, with a Sennheiser HD201 budget headphones plugged into it.
I do listen to music either with them or an Ipod with sennheiser cx300s, sometimes I fear loudly, but mostly paying attention to avoid it. That being said, I screwed up the 128kbps vs 320 kbps test, lol.
L
I knew I had some hearing loss but I didn’t know it was that bad. I could only hear up to 12 kHz (I couldn’t hear 14 kHz at all) and I’m only 33 years old. I did listen to very loud music in my younger years from listening to my Walkman, going to concerts, clubs & bars and I still listen to music loud in my car. I did have tubes in my ears at 6 months of age. According to an ENT doctor I have a lot of scar tissue in my ears – & I was told that at age 16! I guess the moral of the story is to turn the music down.
OK so i was testing my left ear to see how far it can still hear (after recently damaging it) and i can still hear something in every test. whether or not its actually 21 or 22kHz or just electric noise, i cant be sure as I have no reference for what these actually sound like. The strange thing is that i know i have lost higher frequency sound in my left ear. I’ve tested with various instruments on both ears and i’m certain that things like drum symbols don’t produce the highs they used to. This scares the hell out of me as a recording artist because one the most beautiful things I’ve ever experienced is getting a mix to sound amazing in stereo. I’m afraid I’ve lost this ability…
I’m a 15 year old percussionist that deals with high frequency noise a lot, I could only *clearly* hear up to 17. Can’t hear 18, but I can clearly hear 19, even if it’s a little faint, and it’s definietely higher than the 17, but after 19, there’s nothing. I use earlplugs when I can if I have to play bells or crotales (really high pitched percussion instruments) and also when playing xylophone, which I currently play 3 days a week.
I have a degree in audio engineering and going to get one in multimedia soon. I am 20 and I can barely hear the 19 it’s soft and quite. Though my family has a very weird genetic mutation of the ear drum it self, I can hardly wear earphones I have to have the plastic molded to my ear in order to fit it. Though I am on a mac, and yes I hate to say it, but mac’s have the worst sound cards unless you have a hackintosh.
Experience in the studio five years.
Experience as a DJ seven years.
Trying to out do each other in a b*llsh*t contest priceless, for everything else theirs MasterCard.
I had to do it.
Im 16 i can just hear 18 barely, i think my Ipod has f***ed my ears
I’m 13 and I hear up to 15. I lose it at 16. Is this bad? A I going deaf? I don’t listen to loud music and I never listen to music on my IPod. Please someone. Help me. I don’t know if I’m OK.
I can hear up to 14 bang on what I should I thinkk for 40 but suprised as my eardrums have burst 3 times and was thinking I must have a lot of hearing loss due to this. Hats of to anyone hearing over 20, initially heard a sharp noise for fifteen then disappeared so dont count it.
I am 21 years old. I used to be able to hear up to 22 kHz, but because of my mother constantly turning up the TV to a very loud volume and because I live next to a railroad and hear trains passing by constantly, my hearing has decreased to being able to only hear around 15 kHz and 18 kHz. I want to be able to hear like a teenager again.
I’m 29 and I hear up to 17 Khz with my right ear and 18Khz with my left ear. Anything we can do to preserve our range?
I’m 24 and I can near up to 19 kHz
Hey I’m a musician. I play Sousaphone in my high school marching band. Contra in a Drum and Bugle Corps. Trombone in an symphonic orchestra a wind symphony and a Big Band. I can’t hear anything after 16kHz. I do not wear any hearing protection and that’s probably the problem.
im 12 and i can hear up to 14hz, i really have bad hearing , but i dont know why ?
Maybe Your have poor earphones/speakers/etc. ? Don’t panic, ask parents to do this test in same equipment and compare results.
I heard NOTHING at 17kHz.
I’m a 42 year old female.
Actually for all of you who say the human ear cannot hear above 20 kHz, you’re wrong. The average human can hear up to 21 kHz until he or she 16 and up to 22 kHz until he or she is 11. So stop harassing this person, because you’re wrong.
I am 25 years old male, i can here up to 19khz with earphone, the strange thing is i can not hear 20 and 21 khz but i can here 22 khz one!!
without earphone and just with speaker i can here up to 16khz!
Hallo, I’m 47 and I have BIG ear problems, it didn’t surprise me that I can hear clearly just up to 8 khz, then a dimmed 10khz and a supposed-to-be 12. From 14 and beyond, the abyss……….I hope dr.Geller will announce someday the cochlea can be regenerated……
40 years old – I could just BARELY hear 14khz. Fortunately for me, most of the music I listen to doesn’t include dog whistles.
I’m 30 years old and could hear through the 16kHz, I thought my hearing was better than that since I can hear many high pitched sounds that my friends can’t hear. I also noticed that some of the frequencies higher than 16kHz, even though I couldn’t hear them, caused physical discomfort in my ears.
For some reason the 22kHz was coming out of my subwoofer at a really low frequency.
I’m 87 years old and can hear everything, this gave my wife a stroke, i am ROFL at her, lol the nurse is here she is shouting at me ROFL.
Well, I’m 17 and it seems that according to people here, 20khz is the peak of our hearing: AS A BABY. And i can hear u to 19khz, so if that information is true, I’m doing all right.
I’m 18 years old, I can only go until 16khz, but I’ve never used earphones nor do i listen to loud music.
I’m 17 and could only hear up to 15khz…anything above that was completely silent even on full volume. Doesn’t surprise me though, I have hearing loss in both ears.
I am 43 and I can hear till 12 kHz.
I am 11 and I can hear all of them…
Im 14 and can hear till 16kHz
There’s something wrong with these files. Through earphones, why can I hear 18 clearly, but not 17?
I can also hear 21, but only at the beginning and end of the file. I don’t think I’m a super-human– I think the file is either mislabeled or corrupted.
This could be the cause for confusion.
If your saying your not supposed to hear anything on 20 and higher then why can I?…What scares me is that 22 is always ringing in my ears. I used to get really huge migrains but i stopped getting them when i started playing music. It made me feel better. In a loud area i cant hear it and in a crowded area or small room if i focus on the tone i can hear it but when in complete silence Its clearly always there. i was worried that maybe im going deaf but i can hear every thing else just fine. Now im laughing thinking i have super hearing. But i dont really know what else to say.
I am 12 and i have to turn my headset up to the max to hear 19 and 20 but cant hear 21 or 22
Hi
)and that is really sad.. So take care of your hearing!
I’m 50 and a sound recorder..BUT I do not hear above 10Khz (tried two different tests no
Using Sennheiser PX200-ii which should be good enough for this test..
Stein, Norway
I’ve read that humans can only hear from 20hz-20khz, and my music teacher told me aswell. I was surprised when i hear all of those, even 22khz.
I’m using Adam A3X speakers. The speakers frequency response is 60hz-50khz.
How can it be possible?
Btw. Im 16…
LOL…well yea…First off (26, hear them all rather clear, wearing Sennheiser 380pro) which well let me explain to all these naysayers. I don’t see any audio engineers in the crowd either, which I am not. I do produce music though.
….and you have no clue what an ectomorph is? Nor that these types of individuals have a tendency to favor large nervous systems…and oversensitivity? Oversensitivity which equals impeccable hearing levels? (Beyond the 20kHZ you so boldly state is the LIMIT!!) LOL…blah
FIRST VALID POINT: We have no clue what decibel level (which creates sound pressure) these frequencies are given to us at. Which could quite possibly be ruining the true essence of this “unscientific hearing test”
SECOND VALID POINT: (FOR JAKE THE “SCIENTIST AT CALTECH..>LMAO)(me: high school graduate) You’ve studied 6 years of science?
THIRD VALID POINT: SUPERIOR HEARING DOES NOT EQUATE TO DEFINING SOMEONE AS “SUPER HUMAN” LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Go see a doctor…have him put you in that booth…give you the test that (IS SCIENTIFIC) and well go from there lol…cause this is rubbish and is more than likely created to get banter and entertain someone. Peace (on earth) \\//
You MIGHT be able to hear sounds above 20 khz. Those are, however, not the sounds for the test, but rather the noise of your headphones/speakers trying the match it through the output. As long as the tone doesn’t “scar” in your ears, giving you an odd, painlike feeling, you CAN NOT hear those sounds. Stop imagining yourselves being “unique”, bullsh****rs.
I am 31 and can hear up to 18kHz. My wife introduced me to this a few days ago because she is going over this in her 5th grade science class. My wife is 26 and can only hear up to I believe 16kHz. I mean it might be possible that I could hear the next step if I was to use higher quality headphones, but I doubt it. Now I have a headache…
I did a bit of reasearch, prompted by the argument of not being able to hear over 20,000hz, seeing as i could tell there was sound being generated when i was playing a 22khz sound. I came up with this found in a study.
“Hearing or audition is the sense of sound perception and results from tiny hair fibres in the inner ear detecting the motion of atmospheric particles within (at best) a range of 20 to 20000 Hz. Sound can also be detected as vibration by tactition. Lower and higher frequencies than can be heard are detected this way only.”
Essentially this states that the human ear cannot hear over 20khz, but it can still detect sound. you will not hear the frequency, but you will know that a sound is being made. Similar to hearing people speak in another room, you will know there is sound, but you wont hear the words.
I’m 21 and heard it up to 21khz. Also heard 22khz but that sounded wrong – not as smooth as 21 or everything lower so I’m excluding this. Btw you would need studio equipment to reliably test this.
Anyways, for the folks wondering: there are hair cells in your ears. They are the things responsible for hearing – each cell for one hz. There are those born with less or more so it’s possible to hear above 20khz.
With akg k701 headphone (10-39800Hz).
If you want to settle the issue of whether or not someone can hear at 20kHz frequencies, why not make an audio file that is encoded (i.e. Morse code). If you can hear it, you should be able to translate a message as proof.
This is indeed a very unscientific test.
I am almost 46 years old, have worked a lot in music earlier in life (concerts, pubs, dance halls where music was always very loud).
The test gives different results with different headphones on different computers. The headphones I tried with are Beyerdynamic DT770M, professional for studio use, and JVC HA-G101 headphones (much lesser quality).
The low frequencies are quite audible using an iMac with the JVC headphones and volume set at 1/3, while the upper frequencies are not audible (no matter what the volume is set at). Using the Beyerdynamic on a PC with a good soundcard, all frequencies can be heard, but the sound is really low, and in that case I had the volume put all the way up.
For making tests like this, one would have to ensure that the equipment can reproduce the sound properly. Otherwise it is just a waste of people’s time… and most people do not have quality headphones or speakers or sound cards… so this is completely futile.
Hi , my name is Adriaan , im 35 years old and i can hear all of them allthough the 19khz one is really low , the 20khz,21khz,and 22khz are very clear. I use a Wireless headset AKG – T912.
Just for those who think no one can hear over 18khz.