Below is a link to a Youtube video for a hearing test.
 
I for one could not hear anything beyond 8,000 Hz, which apparantly is normal for my age. Even though I can't hear the frequencies above 8,000 the meters on my mixer definately detects them, which tells me that they are indeed being played.
 
I suppose this means that all those adjustments I've been making with my EQ that are above 8,000 Hz have been useless adjustments since I haven't been hearing them anyway? I could have sworn I was hearing a difference after those adjustments but I suppose it was my imagination.
 
Just wondering if any of the rest of you can hear them?
 
I'm hoping you folks could please click on the link below, state the highest frequency you can hear, and include your age in your response. I'm curious to see if the rest of you can hear these frequencies.
 
Example:
I can't hear anything above 8,000 Hz and I'm 58. (But I look 35)
 
EDIT: Oh, yea. They say to use the option to watch it in 1080p and to use headphones.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxcbppCX6Rk
 
Thanks,
Pete
 

What???
 
I always tell people, "I am gad I am not as old as I feel"... it usually takes them a minute. I did an online hearing test last week. My right ear is worse than my left. I was able to hear all the tones, with both ears with and without the noise.. so I am not sure how they measured it, but I think they are probably right since my right ear has gotten more abuse from guitar amps. I will try the YT test too, thanks!
 
I think I used the Siemens Hearing Test APP on my phone with AKG phones... what??
 
J

I, astoundingly, made it all the way to 15000.  Which is hard to believe since I spent way too many years playing live music way too loud.

 
Really? All the way to 15,000?!?!?
 
I listened to the 1080p HD and use headphones. I also turned the volume up above distortion level and still couldn't hear anything past 8,000 Hz. Geez! I guess the mixing game is reserved for only the young-uns.
 
I've actually been under the impression that I've been hearing a difference in the adjustments I've been making in those frequencies. Now I'm feeling a bit foolish.

I'd be surprised if I could make it all the way to 150.

OK... I'm going to the doctor. All I can hear is 8K... I could hear higher on the Siemens test, I am confused. I wonder how much my tinitis has to do with it. It is really loud this AM. Going to try the Siemens test again, I wonder why the discrepancy.
 
J

I'm 60 and I've had serious damage to my hammer and anvil (layman terms) in my left ear. I've had 5 operations by the time I was 45 on my left ear. I have semi serious damage to my right ear (2 operations by the time I was 30).
 
Other hearing tests show that I can't hear much beyond 5/6K respectively.
 

I heard 12,000 easily, but 15,000 was very faint.  Beyond that, I felt pressure, but didn't hear sound.  To answer your question, I'm 52, but I feel like a rotting 873.

I tried this one too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o810PkmEsOI
 
I could hear 30hz and it dropped off dramatically at around 8khz I could hear a little to about 10 or 11khz but only because the sound began to move in the stereo field. It got louder at about 100hz. I guess any mixing abouve 8khz should be done usung meters and I shoud always get a second opinion... a good case for someone eslse mastering but I wonder how people like George Martin mastered when older. I am sure a lot of the older mastering "masters" suffer from the same hearing loss, how could they not?
 
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
 
Julien
 
 

 
Ahhh! This is the first time I've posted anything in these forums since the format change and I can't seem to find the insert quote feature where I used to copy and paste a sentence or two from other's responsive posts. All I can find is something that posts in quotes their entire response.
 
Anyway this is a response to bapu's last post.
 
An exceptional case like yours is understandable that you won't be able to hear those frequencies. However your post made me remember that I bursted both eardrums when I was in my early twentys. As a result if I'm in an environment where there's a lot of background noise (ie: a night club, a very noisy restuarant, etc.), I have difficulty hearing hearing during conversation.