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Old 12-10-2017, 06:30 AM
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Couldn't hear anything past 9770.

Anecdotes and observations:

- I was about 30 seconds into it before I realized I'd forgotten to turn my speakers on!

- At one point I couldn't distinguish the test signal from the (persistent) ringing in my ears.

- Test hurt my ears.
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Old 12-11-2017, 07:18 PM
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16500 or so, at age 29 (no motorbikes)
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Old 12-11-2017, 07:36 PM
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About 85 Hz up to 9400
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Old 12-12-2017, 12:18 AM
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I don't think what most people use to listen has a flat frequency response from 20 to 20 KHz.
That means the frequency response of your hearing may be wider than this test indicates.

I took the test 3 ways:

1. Listening to the stock speakers inside my late 2015 iMac 27" desktop computer. ... I heard 60 - 10.5 KHz.
2. Through AKG K553 PRO headphones plugged directly into the iMAC headphone jack. ... I heard 20 - 10.5 KHz.
3. Same headphones but plugged into my RME BabyfacePro Audio Interface which is connected to the iMac via a USB cable. ... I heard 20 - 10.5 KHz.

I'm in my early 60s.
I'm gonna test a 15 year old all 3 ways this Sunday.
I suspect the cheapo tiny speakers in the iMac (which I just proved produced nothing below 60 Hz will not reach as high in frequency as the next 2 setups with good headphones.
Since I can't hear above 10,500 HZ, it will take a young person to check up to 20,000 Hz ... but he does like to shoot guns so he may already be a bad subject for this.

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Old 12-12-2017, 09:27 AM
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20Hz-9400Hz, using cheap ear buds. But at some point, I think it was around 1300Hz I had to turn the volume nearly all the way down because the high frequency was hurting my ears. I fairly confident if I had bumped up the volume at the high end I could have heard far above the 9400Hz
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Old 12-12-2017, 02:27 PM
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Cool experiment. I was at 30 and 12.5k. I'm still bald though, it didn't work, lol.
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Old 12-12-2017, 03:20 PM
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20-14,000 or so.
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Old 12-12-2017, 04:29 PM
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By the way, I have ringing in my ears now and a headache. Possibly psychosomatic but bothering me.


(I wear hearing protection all the time now even at concerts)
I heard that from 57 to a little over 16k and my ears haven't stopped ringing since then. That was on the lowest volume setting I have for my headphones at 2 (out of 100). I can't imagine if I'd turned that volume up in the higher frequencies.
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Old 12-12-2017, 04:31 PM
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Cool experiment. I was at 30 and 12.5k. I'm still bald though, it didn't work, lol.
I still have hope I won't be bald when I wake up tomorrow. I'm sure the ringing in my ears might go away by then too. Just kidding, it's starting to go away-the ringing that is. The hair's been gone for a while now
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Old 12-12-2017, 07:50 PM
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Using inexpensive headphones on my iMac, I stopped hearing the test signal around 12k. I'm in my early 60's. Like most, I abused my hearing in my younger days (standing in front of my amp playing with our band - cranked up LOUD!), in front of the speakers at major rock concerts, etc. Surprised I have any hearing left!
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