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Hearing Damage over 20khz?

I own speakers that produce in excess of 40khz, yet the human ear can only perceive 20khz.

If something is uncomfortably loud we can hear, we know to turn it down but what if the frequency is out of our audible range?

Is it possible hearing is being damaged by something we can't hear?

I have read reports of people having ears ring after using speakers that can go beyond 20k, but I don't know if it's due to the sounds produced below 20k or above or both.

It would be horrible to learn I was damaging my children's ears or mine without knowing it.
vintagegroove

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vintagegroove OP
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Thanks for all of the input. I feel more at ease about the supertweeters on my KEFs with my kids around.

One thing is for sure, humans are exposed to many things today that we never were in decades or centuries past so the long term effects are difficult to predict.

Thanks again.
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