Hearing Test on YouTube

[CrystalB]

So I just did this hearing test on YouTube and it went to really high frequencies. It said most people cannot hear it, especially if you have high frequency hearing loss.

I had my air conditioner going and I heard all of them besides maybe one.

Anyways, the extremely high-pitch frequency tone, I couldn't hear over it, it sounded the same as my tinnitus.

Has anyone noticed that about their tinnitus? Are you able to tell how high-pitched your tinnitus really is?

My tinnitus is very high-pitched, I don't know how it's not doing damage.

 

[Natester1986]

I can hear the really high pitched frequencies (my tinnitus is at around 10000 hz). Sounds like a high pitched tea kettle.

 

[CrystalB]

I can hear the really high pitched frequencies (my tinnitus is at around 10000 hz). Sounds like a high pitched tea kettle.

I think I could deal maybe somewhat better if it wasn't such a high pitch!

 

[Natester1986]

I think I could deal maybe somewhat better if it wasn't such a high pitch!

True, although it doesn't really affect my life since I'm used to it. I do hear the tinnitus over almost any sound although it isn't really loud, maybe around a 5 out of 10.

 

[GregCA]

My tinnitus is very high-pitched, I don't know how it's not doing damage.

What do you mean?

 

[CrystalB]

What do you mean?

It's such a high pitch that I wonder how it's not causing damage to my ears.

 

[RinaRegina]

YouTube doesn't let the audio files go to a certain frequency (I forgot which one it was but its one of the highest that an audiologist can screen you in-person) so whoever says they can hear all the tones are lying

 

[GregCA]

It's such a high pitch that I wonder how it's not causing damage to my ears.

That's because T is a phantom sound: it's not real a sound wave that carries mechanical energy that can potentially damage your ears.

Think of it as a phantom limb pain: you feel your hand is burning but you have no hand, so it won't possibly burn your hand, but it surely "feels" that way.

 

[Natester1986]

Coming back to this thread, I'm deaf to anything above 13 khz. My tinnitus has been gradually increasing in frequency but not in intensity.

 

[marc 1974 london]

So I just did this hearing test on YouTube and it went to really high frequencies. It said most people cannot hear it, especially if you have high frequency hearing loss.

I had my air conditioner going and I heard all of them besides maybe one.

Anyways, the extremely high-pitch frequency tone, I couldn't hear over it, it sounded the same as my tinnitus.

Has anyone noticed that about their tinnitus? Are you able to tell how high-pitched your tinnitus really is?

My tinnitus is very high-pitched, I don't know how it's not doing damage.

Get an app called Whist. You can match it to your tinnitus pitch & volume, it actually gives you a bit of peace as you hear it on your phone, not in your head.