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I was able to hear up to C# (17.7 kHz) with my speakers on their normal volume. I'll be 25 on Sunday.

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I got up to about 16 the other week. I'm 21. I was using some ultrasonic transducers I'm doing work on. It's weird. They're meant to have a narrow bandwidth at about 40 khz with 20dB/dec either way around the peak but you could hear well enough up to your threshold.
Oh, The Dude, it's your soundcard. There's no way you're that deaf. Most things are under that-ish level. Why make a card which can play sounds which can't be heard?

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I couldn't really hear C#, C was just fine for me though.

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I could hear all of them except the last (the F).I'm 19 :)

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I heard them all up to D# (age: old fart)

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Could yall really not hear the others? They all sounded clear as day to me :P

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There were only two that I couldn't hear.
Hearing test results
You aren't even a teenager yet!
Your hearing rules! You're either quite young or you've looked after your ears.

If you can't hear as much as me than either (1) you need a new soundcard in your computer or (2) you need to stop going to those rock concerts or turn the radio down in your car.

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haha.. I didn't know there was an evaluation:
You are a dog
Or maybe you are a mosquito, you certainly can't be human.

The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 21.1kHz
My roomate could hear all them except one too.. I keep playing the 21.2kHz one, and it's annoying him lol :D

Yeah, I've actually never really been to a concert.

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Yeah, I've actually never really been to a concert.

Good -- a lot of young people loose their hearing (and probably other things too) in such places because of all the excessively loud noise. You can also ruine your hearing if you play lots of computer games while wearing head phones.

>>You are a dog
The author is jealous :)

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Damn 19.9kHz is pretty good for older people.. Apparently once you become middle-aged most can only hear 8kHz.. I guess you haven't been to many concerts either :)

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I don't go to concerts or night clubs nor do I play lots of computer games and I very rarely wear headphones, but I do keep the tv and car stereo up relatively loud. (My excuse for the car stereo is that I often keep the windows open and so I need to counteract the noisy wind.)

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No night clubs or video games?! What do you do for fun? :P (Besides this awesome online community, of course :))

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They have recently discovered that old age has very little to do with hearing loss. It's cumulative damage from exposure to loud noise.

Doctors in the 1940s concluded there was age-related hearing loss, but it is now known that most people were exposed to damaging noises from factory work, steam trains, and firearms. Soldiers in war were especially likely to show hearing loss.

NIOSH recommends that exposure to any sound over 85 dB SPL be limited to short intervals, and that no person be exposed to any sound over 115 dB SPL. The EPA recommends exposure control starting at 70 dB SPL.

Also realize that you might be experiencing a limit from your soundcard or speakers.

I had changed stereo speakers back in the 1970s, and thought I had a sudden hearing loss. I heard up to 22KHz with the old speakers, but up to only 17 KHz with the new ones.

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http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/hearingloss.html

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I could only hear up to 11k on this one

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I could hear up to 20K but a few lower I couldn't hear such as 13K and 16K.

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Could yall really not hear the others? They all sounded clear as day to me :P

You might be able to hear, but can you listen?

They say that married men lose the ability to hear the higher frequencies of the female voice. Apparently a survival mechanism.

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How high can you hear? On the lighter side, last time I flew to LA I was at 39,000 feet and could still hear perfectly well.

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>> I could hear up to 20K but a few lower I couldn't hear such as 13K and 16K.
That's possibly due to aliasing with your sound card. The sampling theory applies to sound too, right?

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