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If anyone's curious about their hearing range, try the example sound files here: http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/ http://www

• ncr100 9y ago
  14khz here :)
  • pluma 9y ago
    I find it hard to pinpoint. 14kHz is pretty clear, 15kHz very faint and 16kHz gets uncomfortable when I turn the volume up but otherwise not really audible. Anything beyond that I only hear the clipping at the start and end with nothing in between.
  • lifty 9y ago
    16 KHz clear but annoying. Nothing at 17 kHz.
  • unimpressive 9y ago
    18khz, I'm 21
• biggieshellz 9y ago
  Keep in mind that it's a common misconception that if you're exposed to noise or loud music, you'll lose hearing at the highest frequencies first. Hearing loss due to noise exposure tends to be centered around 4 KHz ("noise notch") -- you lose the higher frequencies with age (presbycusis).
• SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
  Of course normal computer headphones or speakers aren't a great test for this, since their frequency response rarely goes that high. Especially the samples >20kHz, since that's beyond the normal range of human hearing. Even high-quality headphones won't play high-frequency sounds, the -3dB (half power) cutoff is generally about 20kHz. Having it higher can allow the headphones/speakers to produce unpleasant harmonics, so good devices are built to damp out such high-frequency resonances.