How High Can You Hear?

[Jason C]

I know it's a crappy YouTube vid but how high can you hear??

I can't hear 14k

From other tests on
YouTube I seem to loose it around 13500k

I'm 37 and before I was exposed too the alarm that damaged my hearing I could hear up too and beyond 18k.

How high can you hear!??

 

[Coyotesheaven]

I can only hear up to 13 something k, and I am only 22. The right can't hear above 9k. Isn't that pathetic. It was 15 something k just a year and a half ago for the left ear, 11 k for the right.

 

[snow47]

I can't hear 14k too my leaf ear that have T. but Right ear can hear 16K.

 

[Jason C]

Both ears lose it at around 13.5k on other tests.

Seems to be stable at that and hasn't changed in the 6 months I have had hearing loss and tinnitus.

 

[bill 112]

This isn't reliable,I read somewhere that YouTube cuts off its upper frequencies at a certain point so some frequencies aren't actually coming through your speakers.

Do what I did,download the high frequency sound player on your phone,there's apps that have multiple different frequencies usually from 9000hz-20,000hz.

Sit in a quiet room and BE CAREFUL with the volume.
Play each frequency beginning on the lowest volume and increase it until you can pick it up.
Using headphones I could hear all the way upto 17,000hz in my right ear and 16,000hz in my left with the volume slightly raised.

Also you can download a sine wave that plays from 0hz to 20,000hz.Human hearing starts at 200hz I believe and peaks at 20,000hz.Listen to the sine wave on low volume and see if there are any dips or blank spots in between.

 

[Jason C]

YouTube cuts the frequency at 17k

I was doing the test with one of my staff and he could hear 14k and 16k

But at 14k I heard nothing.

 

[Nathalie]

I start hearing at about 19,000. Maybe the higher frequencies are cut off by the speakers but I guess 19kHz is a good result as well.

 

[RandomAccess10]

I can't hear above 12k.. Terrible

 

[Sam Bridge]

Had high frequency test done at audiologist. Can hear up to 18khz both ears. But my right ear ranges from 20-40db threshold over 10khz. My left ear is quite good with no t.

 

[RandomAccess10]

I can't hear above 12k...but 13500 in test onlinr

 

[Candy]

Could hear up to 10, what about the volume on iPad, how do I know it's right?

 

[Jason C]

50% should be enough.

 

[lolkas]

I cant hear 12-13k but hear 14, above that - nothing ((

Hearing deffinetely screwed up, this is where my T is from

 

[Jacob83]

I'm 33 and I can't hear 14 and up based on this video. I'd rate my tinnitus as moderate in my left ear and mild in my right. It's odd to me that there's a lot of people on this board with noise induced tinnitus that sounds so severe compared to mine, but have such good hearing. Or maybe mine's way worse than I think and I deal with it better than others. Tinnitus is truly bizzare

 

[Sam Bridge]

I'm 33 and I can't hear 14 and up based on this video. I'd rate my tinnitus as moderate in my left ear and mild in my right. It's odd to me that there's a lot of people on this board with noise induced tinnitus that sounds so severe compared to mine, but have such good hearing. Or maybe mine's way worse than I think and I deal with it better than others. Tinnitus is truly bizzare

The problem for me is how to decide whats mild and whats moderate?

My right ear also has some mild loss and i dont suffer nearly half as badly compared to some here, the only sound that does my head in is that squeaky sound polystyrene makes but I'm pretty sure i've always had that. My left ear is t free.

 

[Jason C]

Depending on the app I can hear up too 14 but most stop around 13.5k for me.

Tinnitus for me is a reactive ringing, pinging, hissing sound, not crazy loud but enough too know it's there all the time. Sometimes it stops but not for long.
The other fun feature is my balance has been affected so this along with the associated stress and anxiety kill me, plus having too be careful about loud noise which means no cinema or concerts etc

 

[Jacob83]

Sam, I'm with you, I have no idea what's actually mild or moderate.

 

[MrBonk]

When I went to the audiologist, I could supposedly hear 20khz at 0dB fine. I can't hear above 17khz on any of my sound equipment. Also according to audiogram, around 15dB loss at 16khz. (The biggest loss I have. Most is 10 or under) I vaguely remember being able to hear up to 19khz or so bilaterally just fine on my own equipment. But my memory might also be wrong.

Using random online tests in the past I remember when listening to pure tones, sometimes the tones would become slightly distorted or fluctuate in volume. It was very strange. I had it happen again when I first checked in the first few months but not had it happen since.

 

[linearb]

I can't hear 14k all that well on my left side. I can hear the 15, and I'm not sure I can hear 16khz in this video, but I am also not at all confident that my shitty speakers even respond to that input.

 

[linearb]

It's odd to me that there's a lot of people on this board with noise induced tinnitus that sounds so severe compared to mine, but have such good hearing.

some kinds of tinnitus seem to have a lot more to do with the brain than the ears.

 

[Jacob83]

What about the type of noise a person hears? Is there any relation to the hearing loss? or is it just a matter of what your brain wants to make up for the missing frequencies? Some people have jet engine type noises, or dentist drills, or chimes, or hissing, or rushing water, or beeping alarms, low rumbling noises, the good ol' 'EEEEEEEE'. Is it just completely random what your tinnitus is going to sound like?

 

[Telis]

I need 70db to hear at 9khz to detect anything, so the video would have to be pretty loud. I can't hear anything past 10khz (hearing totally gone) nothing but a bunch of screeching tinnitus noises. Hearing is perfect up to 8 kHz and then pretty much clips off and is dead.

 

[Jason C]

I need 70db to hear at 9khz to detect anything, so the video would have to be pretty loud. I can't hear anything past 10khz (hearing totally gone) nothing but a bunch of screeching tinnitus noises. Hearing is perfect up to 8 kHz and then pretty much clips off and is dead.

Would you find you are hard of hearing in day too day situations??

I can't hear 14k but I feel I can hear pretty much as well as I always could, I'm not asking people to repeat themselves even in busy environments. I know it's not the same though, music just dosent sound the same although has improved from when my problems started.

 

[Jacob83]

@Jason C , what do you mean music doesn't sound the same? I can't hear 14+ either, but I listen to music all the time (safely, mind you) and everything sounds good to me.

 

[Telis]

Would you find you are hard of hearing in day too day situations??

I can't hear 14k but I feel I can hear pretty much as well as I always could, I'm not asking people to repeat themselves even in busy environments. I know it's not the same though, music just dosent sound the same although has improved from when my problems started.

No not at all, I can hear voice super sharp, better than most people can. My hearing was unreal before barotrauma and drugs following. I think the lower portion was untouched, but unfortunately somehow the upper was torched.

 

[Alue]

I can hear higher pitches in a sound booth at the audiologist that I can on my own speakers / headphones. I question the accuracy of at home tests in the ultra high frequency ranges.

Edit: when I say ultra high frequency I mean 10k+

 

[bill 112]

I can hear upto 16,000hz in my right ear easily enough but have to raise it a bit to hear it in my left ear.

That's just through normal phone speakers,why the hell is my H and T so bad then?

I actually downloaded a frequency generator app and played every single frequency all the way up to 16,000hz and could hear all of them clearly without raising the volume except for 16,000hz in my left ear,best guess is synapse or auditory nerve damage.

 

[Lex]

Are there tests for how low you can hear?

 

[bill 112]

Are there tests for how low you can hear?

20hz up to 20,000hz is the spectrum of hearing for a human,there's many videos on YouTube or even apps that you can download to play these tones.

 

[Jason C]

@Jason C , what do you mean music doesn't sound the same? I can't hear 14+ either, but I listen to music all the time (safely, mind you) and everything sounds good to me.

Well for a long time after acoustic trauma music had a rattle like a broken speaker, over time that improved and I can enjoy music again but it just dosent sound as rich .