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How is your high frequency hearing?

How is your High Frequency Hearing? ( test link inside )

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Scottkarch

Scottkarch

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#1
After looking over a great thread on high frequency drivers for high end cabs, LINK I was wondering how my high frequency hearing is doing now that I'm 45.

According to a test on this site, Link Removed it's down to 14-15KHz from 20KHz... some years ago. Go to the site and test your hearing.

I'm just curious how my hearing is compared to others on this site.

I'm 45 and wear in ears for monitoring as well as hearing protection.

EDIT with better headphones I started hearing between 16-17K I'm guessing that's as good as I'm going to get. I need to try this out with my kids and wife.
 
#2
I'm 56, with 41 years of gigging under my belt. 16K with good phones according to the test. Not bad! To be fair, never did the hard rock thing, and have good ear plugs (-9db filters) that I wear if it gets stupid loud (typically 1 out of 50+ gigs).
 
#4
Wow KJung Impressive. And 2 others at 18KHz. Wow Not sure how if I damaged my ears, if 14-15KHz is reasonable and some of it is just hereditary? Back in college I got paid by a physics professor to listen to audio tests in the 18KHz-20KHz range. aaah Youth. Wasted on the young. I'm testing with beats earbuds and listening through my iPhone. Hoping it's the earbuds ( but expecting it's my ears ). I have over ear Beats and Klipsch earbuds at practice.. I'll try with them. But I bet I just lost some hearing. Sigh.......
 
#5
Hi,

As a "ballpark" test this tells me that I really need to get my hearing checked. I started hearing the tone at 13K. :eek:

(Hopefully I can blame some of it on these cheap in-monitor speakers on this computer.)

At 56 I've been playing loud music for over 40 years. It takes its toll.

PROTECT YOUR HEARING!

EDIT: OK, I used a pair of headphones for this test and started hearing the tone at 14K, a little better but still damaged.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
#7
I was all stressed out during the countdown while taking this test, being a metallist since like '99 (I'm 32). 16K on lo-fi "audio" headphones that are probably for watching work safety videos or something.
 
#9
I'm in the 11-12k range.

I had hearing loss before I was a musician, from early childhood. I've never been in the upper reaches and playing loud music for years without protection I'm sure never helped. Of course, I don't know that its really gotten worse than it was, given the attenuation I already have.
 
#11
Scottkarch said:
Wow KJung Impressive. And 2 others at 18KHz. Wow Not sure how if I damaged my ears, if 14-15KHz is reasonable and some of it is just hereditary? Back in college I got paid by a physics professor to listen to audio tests in the 18KHz-20KHz range. aaah Youth. Wasted on the young. I'm testing with beats earbuds and listening through my iPhone. Hoping it's the earbuds ( but expecting it's my ears ). I have over ear Beats and Klipsch earbuds at practice.. I'll try with them. But I bet I just lost some hearing. Sigh.......
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I think a lot is genetic (as are a lot of things). My wife always bums out that my hearing is so good, given the decades of playing and 'loud listening'. She has a big dip in her upper midrange sensitivity at this point (which is a bummer, since that is where much of the articulation of speech is). I call her the human Epifani 210UL:p
 
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#13
40 years old here and I didn't hear it till 16k =/ I thought I might of heard something at 17k but definitely heard it at 16k. Rarely wear earplugs and it seems I better start.
 
#19
Well, I listened on my Galaxy Note 3 through some $20 Sony ear buds. All that said I started picking up on the tone at 18k. I'm 38 and have been playing in loud bands since about age 16, with 4 years in my early 20's as a full time touring bassist.
 

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