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.
16 is the last I can hear. I’m 18. That’s just pathetic. and yes, i wear headphones constantly.
I cant even hear 14….great.
I’m 19 and I hear up to 20.
These headphones are sh*t, though. Maybe I’ll try with something better later.
I’m 23, almost 24 in a couple months, and I can hear up to 17kHz. I blame too many concerts. And I’m currently sick so that might be affecting it too.
I’m 22 and I can hear up to 22khz. 22 khz was very hard to hear though. I’m a musician and I prefer to listen to music very loud, so I’m surprised.
I do have a dead zone in the mid-range of frequencies making it hard for me to hear what people say if I don’t concentrate though.
No problem hearing 8Hz to 22kHz. 12Hz gave me a headache though. Could never sleep with a CRT TV turned on nearby. 😉
Just turned 40, and been doing music with headphones for over 10-years.
I’m 17 and I can hear everything except 21kHz weird! But I’m sure I can hear 22 but when I go back to 21kHz I cant here a thing…
I’m almost fully deaf, so I hear things diffrently, so this test was kind of pointless for me. I’m born with permanent hearing loss… really bad :\
This was a lot of fun.. I saw a program mentioning about this…but to go through this was fun.. I am 26 and I could hear all the way upto 20 kHz after which I guess was just very hard to detect 21 Khz or more….
I’m 19 and I heard the 22kHz.
I’m 25 and I my limit is 21.
I’m 32. I hear 15 and ‘feel’ the 16 more.
I’ve worked a lot with heavy machinery and I owned a halfstack and played in bands for the longest time. I also practice regularly and I have played Cello in orchestra for a few years. Thankfully, I have used hearing protection. Man, two years ago I could easily hear 17KHz.
I’m 14 and deaf and I can’t here anything. You guys are very lucky.
I’m 21 and a voice major; I can hear up to 16, but for some reason can hear 20? I don’t get it. : |
32 and Nothing above 12khz is anything more than a click … I guess I should be glad I’m already a competent signer at this point O.o
I’m 16 and I couldn’t hear past 18 kHz.
I’m 18 and I got to 19kHz
I’m 14 and I can’t hear passed 19kHz…
thats not good 😛
I’m 14, and only get to 15 :'(
I can listen all of them yey
I’m 17 yo kkkk
I could hear all of them clear as day and I’m 19. I was worried considering how much time I spend next to a rather loud drummer with no earplugs. Apparently I’m fine though.
im 13 years old and i cant hear past 16!! thats terrible!
I’m turning 20 in three weeks and I can hear up to 22kHz. I’m also a musician–I play violin and viola and I sing in an a cappella group at my university.
I’m 21, and I could barely make out 22 in my good ear.
I am 25 1/2 and I can just barely hear 19, I hope younger people enjoy the 22,000 Hz while they can 🙁
I’m 15 and I couldn’t hear after 8khz. This is bad.
im 18 and can’t hear above the 20kHz
this is similar to being in a hearing testing booth… weird. Don’t have speakers on the computer so used a neckloop and the telecoil setting on my hearing aid (I’m already deaf, have been since I was 2 as a result of meningitis) just for the heck of it. 16-22 I heard, but 8-15 nada. But then again, I had tinnitus actively going so that always makes it hard for me to hear the tones (happens every single time I get my hearing tested). Very interesting stuff.
I’m 16 and can only hear up to 15!
I’m 14 and can barely hear 17.
That’s probably not good.
17, and can only hear up to 18 Hz. :/
I blame that on my mother’s constant blaring of music.
I’m 14, and I can hear all of them. Where’s my prize?
I’m 16, and the last one i could hear was 17 kHz :/ …i guess i listen to my ipod a bit too much
I’m 21 years old, have tinnitus and listen to my ipod on the train almost every day. I could hear up to 19.
I’m 27 and could hear all the way to 22. 🙂
im 18 and can hear the 19.
my dad is 52 and can hear the 14.
my mom is 53 and can hear the 12.
O.o
I am turning eighteen next week and I can’t hear any of them…
I am 28, a musician, and can just barely hear 18.
WEAR EAR PLUGS AT LOUD CONCERTS!!!! It does not make you a “[removed]”, your future self will thank you.
Im 15 and i heard it all the way to 20 kHz. People my age, TURN DOWN YOUR IPOD IF YOU WANT TO HEAR WHEN YOU’RE OLDER!
22 years old and heard everything just fine – though with one pair of headphones I couldn’t hear a thing past 16, so I wonder if some results might get a little skewed.
21 year old, can hear all.
I’m 43, and after the 16 it goes to a feeling, but nothing that I actually can hear.
I’m 17 and I could barely hear 14. Not good, I know my hearing’s terrible.
My mum is 45 though, and she could barely hear 10. Nothing at all at 12.
20 years old, can hear 19 just barely.
24. I can hear clearly up to 19, but the last three are faint and weird because I can feel it in my ear rather than hear it. It’s like a teeny tiny drill… I always hear tvs and monitors whine when they’re turned on too, so maybe I’m sensitive to the high tones but am slowly losing it?
nifty
I’m a 13 year old musician and heard up ’till 22.
I’m 17, i can hear 18 easily and 19 is on the very edge of my hearing
My 50 yo mum can hear 12, but no higher
And my 48 yo stepdad hears up to 14, which is surprising as he comes from a deaf family.
Damn. I’m 18 and I can hear up to 18 kHz. When I tried 22 kHz, I actually just heard a really low buzzing noise… Wtf?
I’m 22 and a musician. I heard up to 19.
I’m 31, turning 32 in October and I can still faintly hear up until 16 kHz. After that, there’s nothing.
I figure that’s a good thing. :o)