But can you hear THIS?

Bubinga99
Bubinga99 Posts: 283
edited September 2009 in Speakers
Just for fun, a home hearing test for higher frequencies:
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/

Boy I'm getting old :o

You probably need moderately decent speakers on your computer for the higher frequencies.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    Interesting! I've never seen that before.

    I couldn't hear anything over 18khz...but that was most likely due to my speakers. It's a 10 year old Boston Acoustics sub/sat combo...and I doubt they can even hit real high frequencies. The sats don't even have tweeters...just a 3" cone.

    I've always gotten perfect results during hearing tests. I'm also 22 though...so that could change over time.;)
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited August 2009
    Wow! Seems 17k is my cutoff. Very quiet though. If I go to 18k I hear NOTHING!!! I guess that's not that bad though. Could just be the cheap **** headphones I have connected (sony earbuds). I'd be interested to see how everyone else does.

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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,482
    edited August 2009
    I did this with the speaker up to my ear, like a hearing test would be. Albeit a small computer speaker. Interesting find. My left ear only hears to 20kHz but my right will go to 21kHz. At 22kHz I hear absolutely nothing but static.

    Pretty neat page!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    I find it funny...they advertise these earplugs on there...

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015WNZ9K?ie=UTF8&tag=noiseaddictsc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0015WNZ9K

    ...Saying that they don't muffle noise, but simply reduce it by 20db. They cost $12 a pair.

    You can get those exact same earplugs at any hardware store for like 2-3 bucks a pair. They just don't have the fancy clear stem and the "high fidelity" connotation in the name.:rolleyes:

    They do work quite well though. Everything is just as clear as it is all the time...but 20db quieter.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2009
    Mine was like 17 too. Guess I need to make sure Im wearing protection more often while working around these diesel engines. Dang.
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited August 2009
    19 made my head hurt, 20 i can just barely hear with my fan going. 21 and 22 i don't hear anything.
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    I find it funny...they advertise these earplugs on there...

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015WNZ9K?ie=UTF8&tag=noiseaddictsc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0015WNZ9K

    ...Saying that they don't muffle noise, but simply reduce it by 20db. They cost $12 a pair.

    You can get those exact same earplugs at any hardware store for like 2-3 bucks a pair. They just don't have the fancy clear stem and the "high fidelity" connotation in the name.:rolleyes:

    They do work quite well though. Everything is just as clear as it is all the time...but 20db quieter.

    Just a FYI those actually work quite well, I own a pair. The way it works, IIRC is that your average ear plug attenuates the highs drastically more then anything else. So a 20db reduction might be 10db in the bass/mids and 30db in the highs. These attenuate more evenly, like 15db in the bass/mids and 25db in the highs.

    I tried them at a couple concerts and they do work as advertised, plus I like the attenuation changes depending on how far in you push them.

    As for the tests, anyone know where the one was that was the full freq. spectrum and variable levels? It was a big ole chart, across the Y axis was volume and across the x access frequencies. You could test not only your hearing at 20khz, but also how your threshold.
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  • apphd
    apphd Posts: 1,514
    edited August 2009
    I guess I can sell all my gear, I can't hear the 8k tone.:mad:





    The site or my PC's .mp3 player must be broken I can hear my wife's nagging no problem:p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited August 2009
    I can hear them all.
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited August 2009
    Cool site....14k is loud and clear, then nothing until 20k & 21k but very soft.
    Maybe it's my speakers? Maybe I won't be upgrading the XO's on the LSI-15's
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited August 2009
    I can hear the 16 khz but not the 17 khz; wonder if it's my ears or these crappy PC headphones....
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2009
    apphd wrote: »
    I guess I can sell all my gear, I can't hear the 8k tone.:mad:

    Not a problem. Highest frequency from any instrument/vocal is 7 kHz (organ).

    http://www.listenhear.co.uk/general_acoustics.htm

    BUT......you would be missing the harmonics for a few....

    http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited August 2009
    Gaara wrote: »
    Just a FYI those actually work quite well, I own a pair. The way it works, IIRC is that your average ear plug attenuates the highs drastically more then anything else. So a 20db reduction might be 10db in the bass/mids and 30db in the highs. These attenuate more evenly, like 15db in the bass/mids and 25db in the highs.

    I tried them at a couple concerts and they do work as advertised, plus I like the attenuation changes depending on how far in you push them.

    As for the tests, anyone know where the one was that was the full freq. spectrum and variable levels? It was a big ole chart, across the Y axis was volume and across the x access frequencies. You could test not only your hearing at 20khz, but also how your threshold.

    They do work quite well. I use the same earplugs at work everyday. I also don't spend $12 a pair on them...I can get like four pairs of them for $12 at Ace Hardware. They just don't have "High Fidelity" in the name or the fancy stem. Exact same plugs though.
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  • olilugo
    olilugo Posts: 405
    edited August 2009
    well 17Khz was the limit for me.
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  • Bubinga99
    Bubinga99 Posts: 283
    edited August 2009
    Here's some info on hearing frequency response versus age:
    http://www.roger-russell.com/hearing/hearing.htm

    After reading this, I don't feel so bad about my results.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2009
    apphd wrote: »
    I guess I can sell all my gear, I can't hear the 8k tone.:mad:
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited August 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    They do work quite well. I use the same earplugs at work everyday. I also don't spend $12 a pair on them...I can get like four pairs of them for $12 at Ace Hardware. They just don't have "High Fidelity" in the name or the fancy stem. Exact same plugs though.

    Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to look into them.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2009
    I heard them all:confused:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2009
    The last few links, there's nothing there right? It's just a joke. :rolleyes::mad:
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  • greymatter
    greymatter Posts: 35
    edited August 2009
    Bubinga99 wrote: »
    Just for fun, a home hearing test for higher frequencies:
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    http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/

    Boy I'm getting old :o

    You probably need moderately decent speakers on your computer for the higher frequencies.

    with noise cancelling headphones i hear them all, otherwise i get halfway
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  • rubin
    rubin Posts: 565
    edited August 2009
    My computer has an XPLIO screen with built in speakers.They sound cheap, but at full vol. I can hear 8000 and 10,000 thats it!So if that's all I can hear why am I so sensitive to metal tweeters? Maybe the computers speakers are too crappy to play fi freq.?
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  • rubin
    rubin Posts: 565
    edited August 2009
    According to Wikipedia the range of human hearing normally lies between 16 hz and 16,384 hz
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  • lumpy
    lumpy Posts: 113
    edited August 2009
    me - 16
    son 11 - 17
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited August 2009
    Holy crap! I now hear the tones with the sound off and the website closed. The sound is constantly there like in a loop.

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  • VSchneider
    VSchneider Posts: 443
    edited August 2009
    OMG!
    With little round "HP" Polk Audio computer speakers 14 kHz is almost as loud as 8-10-12 kHz. 15 is only audible when I hold them closer to the ear, and then almost all static at 16 kHz ( or is it me :rolleyes: and speakers are still playing? )

    edit: now I've got a headache :D
    Thanks for posting!
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  • speakergeek
    speakergeek Posts: 555
    edited August 2009
    The irony in all of this is that the musicians who make the music for us to listen to seem to be having the worst heaing loss.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,279
    edited August 2009
    Yeah, I clearly heard them all. I about punched the damn speakers on the 17Hz signal. It's like walking into a Best Buy or some ****. Ouch!

    I knew I shouldn't have done it.
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  • dc55110
    dc55110 Posts: 128
    edited September 2009
    Here is a better test. It also has a digital aliasing test. Plus the test is available at different sampling frequencies. With the 48khz test the test frequencies were reproduced properly on my computer. Prior to that I was "hearing" the 22khz, due to the sound card making up what it couldn't process properly.
    http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_frequencycheckhigh.php
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    http://jakemandell.com/amvi/

    This is pretty interesting.
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  • apphd
    apphd Posts: 1,514
    edited September 2009
    Face wrote: »
    http://jakemandell.com/amvi/

    This is pretty interesting.

    +1 at least I could hear something, which was a lot better than I did on the OP:D

    Overall had a 70%
    Pitch discrimination: 66.7%
    Musical memory: 71.5%
    Contour discrimination: 72.3%
    Attention: 71.0%
    Musical/visual abstraction: 63.8%

    Not sure what this means except maybe confirms to me the need to stay in mid-fi
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