How bad is your hearing?

[Xelene]

EDIT: i do have a head cold at the moment, feel very stuffed up upstairs, could that effect it negatively or not?

Yes I think so, your sinuses are blocked up and hence your hearing is off when you have a cold. I have one, and it was worse last night when I posted this.

My response has gone from 12K to 14-15K as the cold has cleared.

 

[Skidder]

16 fine, not after that 35

 

[Superficial]

30 here

can hear 16KHz ok but not above.

 

[TFleming]

can here up to 20k, i'm 18.

 

[-Ad-]

Damn

My audiogram around 23 showed I could still here above 20khz.

Just a little go now (25) and can only hear 18khz max, although this isn't under the same conditions etc

 

[BFCTom]

I can just about hear 19 on my speakers, nothing after that. I'm 23.

 

[Lunatic Dreyfus]

On a normal PC with fan noise and what not and not messing too much with the volume, 14Khz is quite clear, but beyond that it's all a mystery to me. I'm 35.

 

[Muban]

I can hear 17 khz but after that nothing, I'm 38. I have a bit of a headcold too which may not help. Even so I think 17 khz isn't bad.

 

[el_dazza]

19 for me, and I'm 22. Strange, I often get called deaf as a post but I think it's just lack of concentration

 

[gillywibble]

Couldn't hear 15 KHz. The joys of old age.

 

[Retromatic]

Pretty bad, at school I always had a walkman in full blast and then I djed for years, I think it must have mangled my ears somewhat.

It's not "terrible" but it can be embarrasing at family doos when I'm forever going "eh?" or missing what someones said..

 

[GolfNovember90]

hear 17 no problem, barely hear 18, nothing after that

 

[Alpherah]

Can hear 16Khz here, nothing higher.

 

[Stretch]

14

 

[TurnipHead]

I'm 21 and I can hear 17 with normal speakers.

 

[Mr Gimp]

I can hear 18 as clear as day on my laptop, but the bloody inverter for the screen whining is louder!

 

[janesssssy]

16khz, 29years old.

 

[Uriel]

Just a wee experiment:

Goldring NS1000s, noise cancelling off. 16 is last full volume. 17 I can just hear. 18 and above is silent.

Goldring NS1000s, noise cancelling on. 16 fine. 17 quieter but easily audible, 18 just audible, 19 just audible, 20 just audible, 21 just audible, 22 just audible. When I say 'just audible I really do mean borderline silent but there if I concentrate. The sound above 18 KHz is a lot queter than the hiss noise caused by the noise cancelling.

Sennheiser HD600s, same as NS1000s with NC on but no hiss

Goldring DR150s, same as HD600s apart from 19Khz seems slightly louder than 17.

Goldring NS1000s, noise cancelling off with Fiio E5 amp. Same as the last 3.

So it looks like I have significant hearing drop off at around 17khz but still got something up to 22 and the equipment can still manage it at normal volume, with the exeption of the unamped NS1000s in passive mode. I'll be 31 next week.

Edit: When not using FiiO e5, I was using the headphone output on my Mackie mixer. Goldring claim for NS1000s 15hz-20khz with NC off and 15Hz-23khz with NC on.

 

[KnightStalker]

Got to 17, at normal volume levels through speakers, age 24 so i seem to be average i guess. Also with the next one up i could hear a click but then nothing so that doesnt count.

 

[ChrizZ]

18kHz