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goodness i can only hear up to 16 and i just turned 18 several weeks ago. but im the type to blast music so there you go
Suggestion: Try it with your laptop speakers, then with a pair of high quality headphones. I guess you can pick your result.
Im only sixteen! I cant hear 18 D:
i am 13 and i can only hear up to 18
I’m 23, and can hear the 16 kHz tone easily on very low volume, but can only just hear the 17 kHz, and nothing higher, on full volume.
I’ve been playing concert percussion and a bit of drumkit for 9 years.
I often tell myself that I should wear earplugs — especially if I’m playing a crash cymbals part…
But us classical musicians can be snobbish about earplugs. Blame it on my speakers?
19 here, heard 17 and below.
I’m 45 and couldn’t hear anything past 10. Guess I should make an appointment to have my hearing tested.
30 y.o., male, i can hear 18 kHz.
I’m 58 yrs. old, play bass guitar, and could hear 8 kHz very well, but could barely hear 10 kHz. My wife could hear 10 kHz very well but could not hear 12 kHz. My 62 yr. old brother could hear 12 kHz but could not hear 14 kHZ. I remember taking a test similar to this when I was 25 yrs old and could not hear above 14 kHZ. So over that time period, I have lost the range of an augmented fifth.
I can hear all the way to 22khz but I had to turn up to volume to do this. I can hear up to 17 khz even on very low volume.
I am 37 an can hear 8khz. I appear to have a dead spot at 10khz and can barely hear the 12. I have tinitus pretty bad so that propably doesn’t help. I wonder if I should get something done about it……
im 14 an i can slightly hear the 19 Hz
I’m 35, (36 in March, 2011). I can hear all the samples including 22 kHz. They all sound very “loud” until 17 kHz. At and beyond 18 kHz, it starts getting more high pitched and faint. 22 kHz was the hardest to hear, but upon multiple replays I can definitely make out the pitch. I’m quite surprised by these results because I’ve always felt I had below average hearing. However, I have taken good care of my ears over the years. I guess my problem is volume – I can’t hear soft conversation very well – I need the TV usually at a higher volume. But apparently I can hear high pitches pretty well.
Okay to the people who say they can hear anywhere beyond 20 kHz either this thing is wrong or you’re lying because the human hearing range goes from 20 Hz to 20 kHz and it is nearly impossible for someone to keep their ears that protected from damage.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/earsens.html
The threshold of pain (which is basically the point at which sound becomes unbearable for hearing) can EASILY occur during a lot of situations where a lot of people believe isn’t loud at all. For instance, TRAFFIC is already pushing the limit for hearing and concerts are above that limit already.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Acoustics/Threshold_of_Hearing/Pain
at 20kHz noise should be bothering you and giving you headaches because you can hear the frequency from light bulbs humming while everyone else lives typical lives because they can’t hear that well.
I’m 20 and my frequency hearing range is 17kHz
(btw I’m in college to be an audio engineer and I’ve been in 6 different bands now I’m doing my own solo thing)
I heard easily up to 19kHz, at 20 my ears were tingling slightly but I couldn’t hear it, but at 22 I was deafened slightly for a few seconds.
I’m 13 and I lost it at 21. I glad they had this test though because I’m a metalhead and listen to my music quite loud, my Mom says that I’m going to lose my hearing, but hey! I’d say 21’s pretty good, right!?
I can hear up to the 16kHx tone, not the 17, then the 18-22kHz tones with the volume turned up, at 45. What that simply means, IMHO, is that PC audio systems and speakers aren’t made to accurately generate these tones and are generating sideband artifacts at lower frequencies. The 20-22 tones sound like the 14-16 pure tones. So if you can hear at the very high end, be a bit skeptical of whether it’s truly accurate.
I believe at least one post above mentioned hearing tones via speaker but not via headphone, showing the variability of the circuitry and transducers.
Maybe I hit the jackpot! 60 and heard them all clear as can be, enough to be painful! But then, I listen mostly to classical and opera, hate wearing in-ear buds enough to reject their use completely (they give me headaches), and always protect(ed) my ears when I went to the good-old / bad-old concerts.
Do I get the old fogey prize?
Male 22 1/2 yrs old. I can hear 8khz to 20khz. Also 22khz. But I can only “feel” 21khz. I took a Navy hearing test at 18, was told I could hear at 0Db. ^.^ I love loud music but not heavy metal or screamo. (This test taken at max computer volume with ipod ear buds.)
age 57. I can hear 10 but not 12.
Up to 17 KHz – I hear the 18 KHz very quietly. I have several very good headphones which I often use, I play in a rock band and I am 24.
19 years old/musician…can’t really hear above 14 khz
I barely hear 16khz, 15 years old… ooo sheet
It varies a little according to which speakers I use. I’m 52, can hear up to 14 just fine on desktop with external speakers, but only 12 on laptop. Mom (79) has generally good hearing according to the Dr., but can’t hear any of these (on laptop).
I’m 14 and I can only hear up to 19
but i can FEEL 20 and 21 in my head…explanation please?
i turned to 50 and i heard all frequencies…incredible…..
Im 35 and have been mixing live audio on weekends for years; got into it when i was 13. I can hear 12 at a reduced level. My wife who often sings live with bands could hear 16. My 13 year old son could hear up to 18.
The reason most people cannot hear the higher frequencies has to do with your cochlea. The cochlea is spiral shaped and the cells at the beginning of the cochlea process the higher frequencies and then the frequencies it processes gets lower as you go deeper in. When you get older and as your ears are exposed to loud sounds, the cells in the beginning of the cochlea die. The more damage you get, the lower the maximum frequency will become. Once you damage these cells there is no repairing them. Take care of your ears!
i’m 26 hear all the way to 20khz. I am listening on Samson Rubicon 5a studio monitors and i do think the audio files are not good.! From 20 to 22 i dont hear it, butttt i do feel it! You notice something is going on
I am 31, I can hear up to 18Khz
one interesting thing is that when I went from top down listening 8, 10 … I could only listen to 14 but I could feel the rest, while when I did the opposite I could hear 18Khz.
im 30 and i think i can hear 22kHz, 16 is the last one i can hear without trying. i guess this is good news considering the crazy shit i’ve been hacking together and calling headphones over the years. But then again my ears are like Spock’s and my name is Ezrad sooo…
I’m 21 and can only hear the 8kHz. Cannot pick up on the 10kHz at all. That’s really really sad. I knew I had bad hearing but it’s worse than I thought… 🙁
dang, im 14 and i cant here the 18 one.
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i’m fifteen and i can hear all leading up to 19 kHz, but then it cut out. that’s weirdd.
im 15. i can only hear until 15.
The last one i can hear is 20 & i’m 16. Should i be able to hear all of them? Anyway it’s not so bad i guess =]
I’m 18 and I stopped at 16… I can’t hear anything at 17… It’s making me sad, does that mean I have a really bad auditory?
I’m 18 and a performing guitarist and frequent a wide array of music shows from metal to jazz to raves. the last tone o can hear is 15kHz. i can recognize that the tones above are present but i cannot hear them.
I’m 41 and the last one I could hear is 16.
I’m 40 and I can hear the 17hkz.
28 years old and my cut off was 17kHz.
I cant hear anything above 10
I am 30 and got up to 17KHz.
56 years old…I can hear up to 14. Seems I am ok.
26 year Male. 17 yes. 18 No.
I am 26 and heard them all.
I’m 22 and can’t hear beyond 12khZ 🙁 🙁 🙁
38. can’t hear 18KHz
i can’t hear any of them !!