Curious about the state of your hearing?


Audiophiles tend to make outlandish (and unsubstantiated) assumptions about their hearing acuity. I used to get an audiometer test every year, but it became expensive and depressing.

The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia now has a fantastic online interactive audiometry test with a great user interface. Grab your headphones, try it and weep! Then report back, and be honest!! Tell us your age, high frequency limit, and any unusual loss at a specific frequency.

www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearin...
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Showing 1 response by eljaro

I tried the test with some AGK headphones and I could hear 30Hz to 8khz. Nothing above that.
I listened to my old Altec Santana speakers hooked up to two SAC La Forza Mono power amps fed by a Lynx 22 audio card in my home office and there I could also hear the 30 HZ very well ( I was surprised hear that the Altecs go so low!) and even the 12khz signal. I an 58. Not bad I think !
The only thing not so nice is that I suffer tinitus, so I often have that high pitch sound acompanying me.