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How is your high frequency hearing?

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

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#61
I answered 14k, but probably should be closer to 13k. Using my Tascam US100 USB interface as a sound card and some Fostex T20 studio headphones. I did the "blind test" with the white noise too - at 12k I was 10/10, 13k 9/10, 14k 8/10.

As several have said - above 14 K all I hear is the ringing of my tinnitus:(

51 years old, lots of loud music from age 16 on, 20 years in the USAF as an aircraft mechanic. Around not only jet engines but gas turbine and diesel generators, etc. Normally wore hearing protection but sometimes you would be caught by surprise.
Avid motorcyclist for 20 years, always wear earplugs while riding (bike exhaust isn't loud, wind noise is!).

I've tried wearing earplugs while playing, but it just makes me turn everything up louder to hear it:hmm:
 
#62
seanm said:
My computer failed the aliasing test big time... so I can't say for sure. But I still am bothered by the high pitch whine from processors so it is probably still pretty good.
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Mine failed also. There was something audible at around 15 KHz amidst the alias frequencies.
I am somewhat familiar with the pitch, I used to hear it often from 15,750 TV flyback supplies.

It's an interesting test if you have known problem free equipment that can actually reproduce up to 22 KHz.
Otherwise I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

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#65
I got 11K through the computer speakers and 13K through a good pair of Sennheiser headphones. I drove VW's until I was in my 50's, in bands since I was 14, and have operated a sawmill since 2004 (six hours earlier today). I don't pick out the words in conversations like I used to and probably have a mild case of tinnitis. Oh well, I'm almost 63 -- maybe I'll die before I get old.
 
#68
KJung said:
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).
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18. I'm a 2* year old construction manager. Always hearing protection. It's stupidly loud. Most of my gear is over 90 dB. I wear 33 dB plugs
 
#70
At 40 with nearly 27 years of high volume music blasting away at my ears, I assumed that I'd lost a good bit of high frequency hearing. I was shocked when I heard the tone from the start... I've never been one to dial back the volume (I measure 120dB with my current car system) and the iPod is always loud through the earbuds. I've also had 20+ years of loud bands with no plugs...
 
#72
Not sure what it is now but when I was in the Army in 1979, it was so good that they thought I faked the hearing test and gave it to me 3 times. The results were consistent so they finally believed that I could really hear what I claimed to be hearing.

By the way, I have degree in Psychology and studied perception as part of the program. Normal human hearing is 20 to 20,000 Hz. By age 40, most men experience a loss of between 5 and 10 db, so if a lot people claim to hear above 20,000 Hz, chances are that many of them lied.
 
#73
I'm 65 and lost most of my high frequency hearing in Vietnam working around jet engines and turbines. Last year I started wearing hearing aids. I take them out for practice and gigs and hear music fine. In mixed conversation is where I have trouble hearing.
 
#78
I'm not so sure about any sort of accuracy due to not having reference output volume as well as the difference in response of uncalibrated headphones or speakers.

This from whiki:
The number of sound pressure level vibrations (sonic waves) per second denotes the frequency. Infrasonic (below hearing), sonic (aural), and ultrasonic (above hearing) frequencies are measured in Hertz (Hz). Humans have a maximum aural range that begins as low as 12 Hz under ideal laboratory conditions,[3] to 20 kHz[note 1] in most children and some adults. The range shrinks during life, usually beginning at around age of eight with the upper frequency limit being reduced. Women typically experience a lesser degree of hearing loss than men, with a later onset. Men have approximately 5 to 10 dB greater loss in the upper frequencies by age 40.[4][5] Inaudible infrasonic sound waves can be felt by humans through physical body vibration in the range of 4 to 16 Hz.
 

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