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[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.

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[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*

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[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.

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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.

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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

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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]

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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....

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[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!

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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!

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[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!

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