How high can you hear?

Rroff said:
Some people's speakers/headphones might not actually be producing >16KHz depending on the quality and configuration of your setup.

My hearing is a bit odd - I can still hear 19-20KHz at 34 though only just but some intermediate frequencies i.e. 17KHz have entirely gone - probably due to exposure to high levels of sound from a mixture of work and nights out.
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I've got a decent Mid-Fi setup I think.

Currently using my SoundMAGIC HP200's 'phones running from a Xonar DX and powered by a Fiio A3 amp.

Might try with my DT990's later, they're upstairs at the moment, and I'm idle :p
 
57 and I can hear up to 17khz.
I'm 50% deaf in my left ear and I've just had a Stapedectomy in my right ear (ear operation because i was totally deaf).
Personally it is a flawed test because we are all using different equipment where hearing technicians use the same equipment and I've had quite a few over the last five years at different clinics.
 
Can't hear anything above 14khz, but have had hearing problems since birth. 14 year old son could hear up to 16khz, 16 year old daughter could hear up to 19khz!
 
I'm 42 ... can hear 15khz clear as a bell , but can't hear nothing at 16 or over ... And i'm using a damn good headphone set-up
 
Can hear clearly up to 16khz, but 17khz is a struggle. It's like there's a slight change in the background noise, a slight pressure on my ear or something. 18khz and above I get nothing. I'm 30. Feel like an old man already. :(
 
32 can hear 17 can't hear 18

Essence one muses and my x1's

can hear 18 and faintly 19 at volumes i'd never have music at on my amp, but at my music listening volume nope nada nothing past 17
 
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Rroff said:
Some people's speakers/headphones might not actually be producing >16KHz depending on the quality and configuration of your setup.
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This is a good point. My speakers wouldn't play above 14kHz, but my headphones would. Although I then hit the wall immediately. :D
 
36 years old.

17 kHz is the highest I hear with any volume.

Above that they are still perceptible but sound very quiet.

When I did this using a different test a few years ago I found that the volume picked up again for me in the mid-20s kHz. This test doesn't go that high.
 
Stovepipes said:
34 Years old I can hear everything with my cheap wireless headphones except for 19 & 22 kHz
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Thats interference haha. I could only 12hz on the laptop with cheapish head phones.. goes to test on my proper headphone setup upstairs...Yeah same after 12hz It just sounds/feels like ringing in my ears even at the highest one.
 
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Actually with the volume maxed I can hear 20khz, I can sort of hear a noise on the 2 highest ones but it's not high pitched so it might just be background noise or something.
 
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You are probably not hearing those frequencies but some sort of distortion or interference whilst playing the file. Also, once you are struggling to hear something, its best to start using blind testing, otherwise you'll just convince yourself that you are hearing something.
 
Personally, blind testing also plays with your mind in my experience. I guess it depends on the individual. I find drilling more reliable.

Things like warming the ears up, seems to work for me. Gear can also sound a bit different depending on the time of the day, my mood etc.

Sometimes I feel detached which makes my hearing less focused, kind of like a day dreaming mood where as relaxed but quite focused is ideal for me.
 
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