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| Author: | Rinox [ Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | What can you hear? |
As they age, most people stop hearing certain high-pitched frequencies. I'm curious how that applies to most of us here.  http://journal.plasticmind.com/ears/mos ... a-youngun/ (below the page, whipper-snap-o-meter) I can vaguely hear 16 Khz, but 17 and 18 are wasted on me. 
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| Author: | Shiny [ Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
I have pretty bad hearing (I blame concerts) but I can hear them all, although the 18 was not loud to me by any means. |
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| Author: | Rinox [ Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Oh the quality of your hearing isn't related to the frequencies you can hear, don't worry.  Kinda jealous you can stil hear 18 Khz though!
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| Author: | derf [ Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Can't hear 18KHz but I love the sound of the lower frequencies! BRAINDAMAGE FTW!!! |
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| Author: | Mole [ Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
I can't hear it at 15Khz unless I pop my ears first (like you do when you get off an aeroplane) |
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| Author: | derf [ Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Oh wait, I think I can hear 18KHz if I "pop" my ears like Mole. |
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| Author: | J [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 5:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Might do this later, but the test won't be that accurate probably because it also depends on your computer setup (obviously). I do a similar test with my students each year btw (with a frequency generator or what's it called). |
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| Author: | Shiny [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Oh well that could be why I could hear them all, as I was listening through my headset. |
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| Author: | Satis [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
up through 16khz I can hear, though 16 khz is starting to get close to background noise. After that, it's virtually impossible to distinguish the tone from background noise...so...yea, I'm partially deaf. But I know this... working next to an airstrip for a year does that to you. |
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| Author: | derf [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Yep I can definitely hear 18KHz now. Maybe it was a case of training my ears? |
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| Author: | pevil [ Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Not sure whether it's due to ear conditions or speakers but I've tried this twice with differing results now. First Mole got me to try it on his; I could easily hear up to 15Hz and could *just* hear 16Hz on his computer. I just tried on my own pc and also popped my ears. I could easily hear up to 17Hz and *just* hear 18Hz. Maybe it's due to the fact that where I work, we're right at the entrance of a shopping centre which makes use of a box that constantly pumps out a high frequency noise in order to discourage kids from hanging around near the doors. I can easily hear that all day long though I tend to subconciously block it out so maybe my ears are a little trained for it anyway. |
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| Author: | derf [ Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
That's a good point actually. Maybe it depends on your location since the sound coming from your PC gets mixed up with other sounds. Or maybe the application is a hoax and it's designed to take the piss out of us. 
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| Author: | Peltz [ Mon Jun 21, 2010 3:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What can you hear? |
Don't worry people, the loss of hearing is a natural part of ones life and gods way of saying thank you for listening all those stupid people along the way . Consider it a gift for a long lasting torture. Unfortunately stupid people do not speak at 18khz frequency so you are better off popping your ears permanently right about now /sarcasm off. |
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