Just Curious, Who Is Able to Hear This Tinnitus Frequency?

[Esujin]

My tinnitus sounds like this http://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/#13409

I asked my father to hear this sound which has been ringing in my ears for the last 7 years. But to my surprise, he couldn't hear anything, especially beyond 9000Hz. I set my computer's volume from 50 to 100 and still he didn't hear anything.

To me, 13409Hz is piercing sharp and loud. Is it my imagination?

 

[GregCA]

I don't think the results of this poll are going to be very reliable, as the people are going to be attempting to play this sound on a variety of devices, many of which cannot reproduce this frequency faithfully.

So answers as "no" may not indicate that the person cannot hear it: it may simply indicate that the device they are playing it on cannot produce it.

Keep that in mind when interpreting the results.

 

[Aaron44126]

When I first got my tinnitus, it was a constant tone at around 15,250 Hz. Using a tone generator web site like this one, I was able to produce a sound that was exactly like my tinnitus. Everyone that I showed it to could hear it as well (the oldest person in that set was about 50 years old).

Using the tone generator, I found that I am able to hear sounds up to a little above 16,000 Hz and then it tapers off. (I'm 33 years old.) I understand that some people are able to hear up near or above 20,000 Hz. Everyone's hearing threshold is different, and people tend to lose higher frequencies as they age. You can get along fine in life without higher frequencies... Audiologists generally don't test above 8,000 Hz as that is all you need to be able to properly distinguish human speech.

 

[Martin69]

@Esujin
This is normal and the same for me.

Playing my T sound (which is similar frequency as yours) to my mother in law does nothing. She simply does not hear it. And I myself do not hear it, but must play it super-loud. T is oftentimes on that frequency you have hearing loss. So your father has hearing loss (which is age-related) and can no longer hear the high-pitched sounds.

Bad enough that we hear the sounds inside our head, but not the ones from outside. Really weird.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

Yes, I can hear it clearly, even at low volume.

Anything beyond 15500 I cant "hear" though because that's my T frequency

My mom cant hear my T frequency....I tried playing it once and she said she doesn't hear anything (she is 51 years old)

 

[Philippe79]

I have this also (or very very close). If I listen to it in my right ear (affected ear) it's hard to differentiate between the two. It then makes my tinnitus go a little more crazy for a while. Thank goodness it's only in one ear (for now).

 

[glynis]

No I carn't hear it but I do have hearing loss.
Love glynis

 

[Tweaker]

Can't hear it. Just about managed to hear up to about 10k. After that, nothing.

 

[Screamin Ears]

I cant hear anything above 8K on that tone generator, yet using the NCH tone generator i can hear up past 9K.

 

[Nick07]

Interesting. I could hear up to 16,000 Hz at my normal volume. Once I turned up the volume, I could hear the max at 20,154 Hz, so much for the theory of high frequency hearing loss. I even tested it while blocking my tinnitus free ear.

I definitely didn't enjoy that 13,409Hz noise, I should add.

 

[Holly1987]

That's exactly what mine sounds like, just slightly louder.