How's your hearing?

[MIJ-VI]

[b]Equal loudness contours and audiometry - Hearing test on-line[/b]

This hearing test measures the relative sensitivity of your ears at different frequencies.
[url="http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html"]http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html[/url]

I can't hear frequencies above 8 kHz.

How about you?

Please post your test results to encourage the use of hearing protection by those whose ears aren't shot.

Thank you.

Edited April 7, 2010 by MIJ-VI

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='MIJ-VI' post='798468' date='Apr 7 2010, 10:37 AM']Equal loudness contours and audiometry - Hearing test on-line

"This hearing test measures the relative sensitivity of your ears at different frequencies."
[url="http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html"]http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html[/url][/quote]


Whut?



*gets coat*

[chrisd24]

Well here's mine.....i have no idea what to make of it though!

[davidmpires]

This is me.

What does it mean?

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='davidmpires' post='798505' date='Apr 7 2010, 11:08 AM']This is me.

What does it mean?[/quote]
I think that the higher it is, the loud you have had to have it in order to hear it... so higher curves mean your hearing is worse?

[Badass]

This is mine, and very interesting it is too. Looks like I've been stood next to that ride for too many years.

[attachment=46660:PARDON.jpg]

Edited April 7, 2010 by Badass

[Bigwan]

Must give this a rattle - depending on who I was to believe my hearing is either perfect or I can't hear anything from 3kHz up...

[toneknob]

"while this curve roughly approximates the frequency response of your ears, it is modified by the frequency response of your sound card and headphones"

Phew.

*head in bass bin*

[Sarah5string]

I'll do this when I get home and have my headphones. But I have tinnitus so will be interesting to see what my results are.

[WarPig]

Mines quite erratic....

*maybe because i didnt use headphones?

Edited April 7, 2010 by WarPig

[dudewheresmybass]

couldn't work out how to post it across, but mine seems to be pretty flat except at the extremes of the chart

[WarPig]

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='798538' date='Apr 7 2010, 11:36 AM']couldn't work out how to post it across, but mine seems to be pretty flat except at the extremes of the chart[/quote]


I just print screened it into paint, then upped it as an attachment.

[danlea]

Please don't read anything into the comparison of your results with others'.
[quote]Although the sound files have been carefully prepared, the actual sound level and spectral purity depend on the frequency response of your sound card and headphones. They may, however, be helpful [i]for comparison, such as left vs right ear, or for changes in hearing over time,[/i] assuming that you use the same hardware.[/quote]
I can't stress this enough. The results relate to the combined effect of your hearing [i]and your playback system[/i]. Don't underestimate the variation across the latter.

[chrisd24]

prob my dodgy sound card then

although i think i was just one notch away from the brown noise.

[franzbassist]

Not the most reliable test I suspect, as it's self-administered, but useful nonetheless.



Can't analyse it scientifically, but it looks like ten years of wearing decent moulded earplugs has served me well. That said, I only started wearing them once I had permanent tinnitus, as evidenced by the total loss of top end (although I believe that isn't unusal for an adult anyway).

Good thread; kudos to the OP.

Gareth

Edited April 7, 2010 by walbassist

[hitchy64]

I had my hearing tested at work about 4 weeks ago in a sealed booth with big headphones on.
My results were excellent, so if your worried go get a propper test done. What!!!

[Sarah5string]

I don't know if this is good or bad anymore. lol. My sound card couldn't handle the very top or very bottom though.

Edited April 7, 2010 by Sarah5string

[Sarah5string]

I just did this one on the RNID site and it says my hearing is within normal range, but it doesn't check tinnitus, just overall hearing.

[url="http://www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/hearing_check/take_online_hearing_check/?from=/check/"]http://www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/hearing_c...k/?from=/check/[/url]

[51m0n]

Well I cant stress what a croc this is enough.

There is no way at all of determining the output at the start point at the transducer (ie headphone), or how the headphones in question cope with the extremes of the frequencies.

Nevertheless as a bit of fun at least my hearing isnt too suspect (unless my cans ramp up above 2KHz to 20KHz I've done better than I thought), I do know that my cans struggle below 45Hz, and I would bet that everyone elses here do to, I also would not be surprised if they struggled about 14KHz too, but I can only 'sense' the 16KHz signal, rather than hear it through these. I can hear 16KHz through my hifi though....

[51m0n]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='798598' date='Apr 7 2010, 12:36 PM']I just did this one on the RNID site and it says my hearing is within normal range, but it doesn't check tinnitus, just overall hearing.

[url="http://www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/hearing_check/take_online_hearing_check/?from=/check/"]http://www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/hearing_c...k/?from=/check/[/url][/quote]

Just did that too, damn thats harsh, you have to concentrate on that one, I got 'within normal range' too, so I'm probably not deaf then

P.S, love that hat Sarah, suits you!

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='51m0n' post='798637' date='Apr 7 2010, 01:13 PM']Just did that too, damn thats harsh, you have to concentrate on that one, I got 'within normal range' too, so I'm probably not deaf then

P.S, love that hat Sarah, suits you![/quote]
lol ta

[Bigwan]

Here's mine: [attachment=46671:hearing.JPG]


Pretty chuffed with that actually. Maybe not 100% since I'm using Bose in-ears which block zero outside noise and there's a few conversations going on in the office within earshot. It's probably more accurate than the last few hearing tests I've had done - one was in an occupational health department situated next to A&E with the window open and ambulances driving past... hardly ideal!

[Bigwan]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='798598' date='Apr 7 2010, 12:36 PM']I just did this one on the RNID site and it says my hearing is within normal range, but it doesn't check tinnitus, just overall hearing.

[url="http://www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/hearing_check/take_online_hearing_check/?from=/check/"]http://www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/hearing_c...k/?from=/check/[/url][/quote]

Me too - great!

[discreet]

Hey, I'm not quite deaf - yet.

[MIJ-VI]

FWIW 'hears' some semi-free additional tests:

[url="http://www.digital-recordings.com/"]http://www.digital-recordings.com/[/url]