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I can hear 16khz sine waves when played on their own. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by Washuu 3y ago

jacquesm 3y ago
That's nice, try to conserve it and be careful with your ears. Most adults have already lost enough of their hearing that they can't even hear if an old style CRT based TV is on (which is in the EU 15625 Hz). By the ripe old age of 50 you're lucky to get 10 KHz and when you are at 70 it will be much less than that still. Babies and dogs can hear ridiculously good. The highest note on a piano is still below 5 KHz. Handy resource: https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ Note that higher frequencies are very directional and you may have to move your head around a bit to catch the tone, this works best by finding something you just can't hear and then to move your head around to see if you really can't hear it or if you only can't hear it from that particular direction.
- fallous 3y ago
  I'm 53 and I can still hear the NTSC 15.734KHz whine of a CRT, although it's not nearly as obvious as it was in my 20s. I also suspect there are some "dead" spots in my hearing in the 13Khz-15Khz range but it picks back up from there for a bit.
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    You're very lucky! In my early 40's I could still hear it but now I really can't, the cutoff is below 10 KHz already. But tinnitus doesn't help, it tends to reduce your hearing sensitivity overall.
    - wazoox 3y ago
      I've got a strong tinnitus, but I still hear up to about 14Khz (I'm 53). In fact the tinnitus is all those frequencies up to 21Khz I used to hear and don't anymore, ringing in full in my ears...
      - jacquesm 3y ago
        Tinnitus is a collection of different symptoms, you can have various forms of it, for instance where you hear a continuous ringing in the background, where certain frequencies get dampened or amplified and so on. It's quite an interesting phenomenon. 14Khz at 53 is very nice!
        wazoox 3y ago
        Also I know that my medication plays a role in my tinnitus -- I switched for a while, and my tinnitus went down notably; unfortunately with the other medication I had tachycardia, which is worse than tinnitus...

I can hear 16khz sine waves when played on their own. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by Washuu 3y ago

I can hear 16khz sine waves when played on their own. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That's nice, try to conserve it and be careful with your ears. Most adults have already lost enough of their hearing that they can't even hear if an old style CRT based TV is on (which is in the EU 15625 Hz). By the ripe old age of 50 you're lucky to get 10 KHz and when you are at 70 it will be much less than that still. Babies and dogs can hear ridiculously good. The highest note on a piano is still below 5 KHz. Handy resource: https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ Note that higher frequencies are very directional and you may have to move your head around a bit to catch the tone, this works best by finding something you just can't hear and then to move your head around to see if you really can't hear it or if you only can't hear it from that particular direction.

fallous 3y ago
I'm 53 and I can still hear the NTSC 15.734KHz whine of a CRT, although it's not nearly as obvious as it was in my 20s. I also suspect there are some "dead" spots in my hearing in the 13Khz-15Khz range but it picks back up from there for a bit.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  You're very lucky! In my early 40's I could still hear it but now I really can't, the cutoff is below 10 KHz already. But tinnitus doesn't help, it tends to reduce your hearing sensitivity overall.
  - wazoox 3y ago
    I've got a strong tinnitus, but I still hear up to about 14Khz (I'm 53). In fact the tinnitus is all those frequencies up to 21Khz I used to hear and don't anymore, ringing in full in my ears...
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      Tinnitus is a collection of different symptoms, you can have various forms of it, for instance where you hear a continuous ringing in the background, where certain frequencies get dampened or amplified and so on. It's quite an interesting phenomenon. 14Khz at 53 is very nice!
      - wazoox 3y ago
        Also I know that my medication plays a role in my tinnitus -- I switched for a while, and my tinnitus went down notably; unfortunately with the other medication I had tachycardia, which is worse than tinnitus...