How old and how deaf are you?

On Holiday · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:12

Age: 19
Can't hear past 8000Hz !

Note that average headsets only go to 20KHz
I blame my dad taking me to work in his garage when I was young

use of air compressor tools without ear defenders, etc!

This is not a medical thread

Hyburnate · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:12

Pardon?

Theophany · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:13

What?

V4NT0M · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:13

What's that young whippersnapper saying now?

httk · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:14

Hyburnate said:
Pardon?

Theophany said:
What?

Dammit. I was 2 minutes late. Well done chaps.

TheVoice · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:14

Milk and two sugars thanks.

Ryan-3 · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:15

Liking the sarcastic ones

I remember doing the high-frequency tests at 16, and I was 1kHz below everyone else. 18 now, and still don't care. I'm more blind* than deaf.

*Venetian, if you're asking.

On Holiday · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:17

Haha forgot to post the link. Have mercy on my soul GD

physichull · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:17

I'm not deaf, I just have selective hearing.

Theophany · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:20

16KHz.
Age 23.
Partially deaf in one ear.

Cosimo · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:21

I have selective hearing, you can ask my wife.

Scougar · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:22

Age : 35.

Could here upto and including 17000hz. Although, I suspect headphones might have something to do with that.

DirtyJester · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:23

Sometimes I'm completely deaf, then again it depends what I've been asked...

Jono8 · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:24

25, and I can hear all of them except the last one (19000hz).

EDIT: Oh wait you cant hear the 19000 one anyone due to compression...

arknor · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:25

Wouldn't it depend on your soundcard , speakers , the quality of the audio file which on youtube is not going to be very high and an utterly pointless test?

V4NT0M · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:27

lol 31 and I can hear up to 18,000Hz... The next sound up (19,000) says it was affected by Youtube compression, I could not hear it.

For info: Used Optical out to Astro mixamp and Astro A40s.

Jono8 · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:29

arknor said:
Wouldn't it depend on your soundcard , speakers , the quality of the audio file which on youtube is not going to be very high and an utterly pointless test?

I could hear all of them very clearly on speakers (studio monitors) and headphones apart from the last one 19000hz. The video says under the descriptin that 19000 doesnt work due to youtubes compression so no one can hear it.

bainbridge · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:30

12000khz 36 yrs old.

aardvark · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:32

40

i can only just hear 15,000Hz if i turn up my speakers - nothing higher than that!

arknor · 17 Aug 2013 at 17:34

Jono8 said:
I could hear all of them very clearly on speakers (studio monitors) and headphones apart from the last one 19000hz. The video says under the descriptin that 19000 doesnt work due to youtubes compression so no one can hear it.

my soundcard is to **** I can only hear upto 15,000hz but I can't even hear that one unless I set my soundcard to 96khz all the other one just emit a wierd popping sound like my crap soundcard is trying to keel over and die

I've barely ever listened to loud music etc as well , not listened to stupidly loud headphones etc so my hearing is probably pretty good compared to a lot of people