How Old Are Your Ears ? Hearing Test
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- čas přidán 22. 01. 2023
- How Old Are Your Ears ? Hearing Test
In the United States, more than 15% of the population has some degree of hearing loss affecting daily communication, making it the most common sensory disorder.
Although it is widely accepted that the audible area of a man ranges between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz, it is possible for young children to hear frequencies up to 22 khz.
THIS TEST ONLY GIVES AN APPROXIMATE AGE.
For a better result, the video must be watched in HD and you need to have good internet connection otherwise youtube decrease audio quality. The quality of your headphones (it is not necessarily the most expensive the best for this test) or loudspeaker can have an impact of several thousand Hz on the result. Apple seems to block frequencies from 16khz. You may also have an equalizer that removes high frequencies. You can also try on multiple devices. You will get a better result if you have not been confronted in the last 48 hours with a loud noise. Don't listen too loud. A low sound volume is sufficient, you can increase it slightly when you approach the area where you stop hearing.
Due to youtube compression the maximum frequency of this video is 20Khz. For results up to 22 Khz you can see : www.arealme.com/hearing-test/en/
Disclaimer: This test is not intended to serve as a substitute for a medical consultation.
A hearing test must be carried out with standard calibrated equipment. Moreover as pure-tone audiometry uses both air and bone conduction audiometry. In addition, a high frequency audiometry medical examination is in the range of 8KHz-16Khz, in our case we go beyond that.
People with hearing loss may have difficulty hearing certain frequencies. This attenuation is measured in DB (decibel) and must be measured with standardized equipment from a professional. Hearing loss can be temporary or irreversible.
Several factors can impact high frequency audiometry, exposure to noise, certain medications (ototoxic), infection (in children and young adults, generally reversible within 1 month, but can persist if recurrent infections of the ear) or simply earwax which obstructs the ear canal (the most common cause in the elderly)... but there is also a loss of sensitivity with age.
In this test we use the formula: age = 110 - frequency / 200 which gives an APPROXIMATE AGE
In the publication « Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups », they studied 162 people aged 21 to 70.
Subjects under 30 years old were totally responsive up to 16 kHz, and 52.2% could respond to 20 kHz. No responsiveness was recorded to 20 kHz in the 51 ~ 60 group and even to 18 kHz in the 61 ~ 70 group. And no apparent impact on verbal communication was observed due to high frequency hearing loss.
Human communication frequencies are 75 to 140 hertz (Hz) for men, 170 to 250 Hz for women, and 300 to 450 Hz for children. This test does not cover these frequencies.
It's the upper frequencies we lose first with age. So let's test at which frequency do you stop hearing sound.
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What’s crazy is that my hearing is so good that I can still hear the high pitch after the video ended!
Ooof
Pay attention to your ears. Don't listen too loud. A low sound volume is sufficient at the beginning, you can increase it slightly when you approach the area where you stop hearing.
@@1nnovtv I think it was a tinnitus joke, I suffer from it too but not because of your video though!
Best post, by far.
Yea me too wtf that was weird
For anyone wondering, most headphones will stop at around the 13-15k hz range so don't worry if you are under 30 and think you have the hearing of a 50 yo
Thanks, I was worried
I'm 27 and almost cried when i thought i seriously fucked up my hearing. It's not unwarranted since i have a mdd disorder that made me use headsets in order to trigger dissociation. I hope I'm not really messed up
I can stll hear up to 18.5 khz with my headphones on
Didn't use headphones, my phone speakers also stopped at 13,5 or 14k
Under 30 years it stopped for me as a 14 yo
- How Old Are Your $5 Headphones?
- Yes.
😂😂😂
yes
Hahahaha 😀
Omg! I can hear the pitch all the way until the indicator popped out of the right hand side of my phone. I'm so keeping that little white thingy as a souvenir. Thanks.
Man, I didn't hear much past 13k, but I gotta tell you I sure drove my cat crazy with the higher frequencies. She had no idea where the sound was coming from.
I already have 2 people in the comments who told me that their cat hated
samee
Same 🙏
XD same
Well I'm fairly sure ur cat is younger than u
Be wary of this test it depends also on the frequency range of your headphones. As a Audiophile. I test headsets against their claimed frequency response, no where even close. With a set of Apple earphones i could only get to 12.34Khz with my Sennheiser RS 175 I can hear to 14.6
Sennheiser FTW.
Apple products are always bare minimum quality with Premium price
SHURE SRH 840 here, fully audible til 15.7khz.
Also youtube's compression tends to cut off all the higher frequencies anyway as it doesn't really go higher than 192kbps , I know for a fact I can hear those highest frequencies when I'm EQing stuff in Ableton/Logic, but they're not playing for me here - definitely being chopped off
It's the reason why people frown upon DJs who rip their music from CZcams, it sounds different in the club because you're missing all the highest frequencies and you really notice it at high volumes
same I have same headphones
@@ClayWheeler MacBook Pro 17905
NOTE CZcams's technical limit is about 16 kHz. I downloaded this clip onto my editor and there is nothing above the limit in the file.
You must have downloaded the video from a site that degrades the quality of the video. You can download from this site to download in high quality for free cobalt.tools/
@@1nnovtv Yes and the site in question is called CZcams. You should have been aware of the limitations of YT.
I once heard a radio program that was supposed to do the same. However, the FM radio standard does not send frequencies above 15kHz.
It just bothers me that you think something wrong, just because your measurement protocol is bad.
I keep playing it at differing volume levels while not watching the screen and I continually get my exact true age. Even headphones gave me the same result.
Just a heads up to anyone listening to this, but a lot of devices (including headphones) have a cap on the frequency in which they can play at. If you hear a sudden or steep cutoff, then there is a pretty good chance that your device simply cannot play frequencies at that high of a range.
Yes. Four times in a row, abrupt cutoff at 10,800 give or take.
Mine too. The rest of it was loud and painful until it cut out suddenly.
But now o can hear my tinnitus is back. I can usually tune it out. Great.
Yeah, cut off around 6000-7000 for my Mac Laptop.
Mine indeed cut off, which felt really strange.
Nice... Good to see some adiophiles 😂❤
I’m 66 and my hearing age is 54, which I am pleased with. I thought after going to extremely loud concerts in the 70’s that I would be deaf! 😂
That's what my mother used to tell me. She was wrong ! 🤣
@@gangoffour6690 😂🤣
Deep purple AND blue cheer were two of the loudest bands back then!
This test is BS and also depends on your computer hardware. I am 55 and by this test I have hearing of 46 year old. But as I am working with induction heaters, which work in this frequency range, I know, that cut-off frequency for me is slightly above 16 kHz, giving me 28.
16 and my hearing age is 70 lmao. but honestly i would rather have that :P
The hearing age fit my age perfectly! Nice test!
That's cool... My phone speaker got first big drop at about 8,5kHz than at 12kHz its almost not working at all.
I did not test my hearing but its still good for testing the linear nature (or lack of it) of sound system capabilities.
I'm 63 with Tinnitus and Hyperacusis. I can still hear to just under 12K Hz. This says I have the hearing of a 50 year old. Not too bad!
I have Tinnitus as well and mine result is 69 (nice).
Lucky for you, I'm 37 YEARS OLD DESPITE THE FACT THAT I'M ONLY 13!!!!
i am 62
Not too bad at all. Still kickin hard eh?
why the fuck did i start singing tinnitus by txt.
Just a tip to hear it better if you got a bad result: pause and unpause the video quickly. It is easier for your ear to identify the "pulse".
that way i hear it all the way to the end of vid, i'm 21
@@NoName-to6hl me 17
@@NoName-to6hl wow ive 22 and i can only hear (with my headphone to the maximum volume) until 16K, you had a good headphone my man
@@bartholomewkuma467 just laptop speakers😂
That's how they do real hearing tests
I've been an audio producer since 1992 and have protected my hearing religiously since 1988.
Turning 50 this year and 14,100 hz is my cutoff (studio listening environment). It was 19,500 hz when I was 29.
DON'T WEAR EARBUDS PEOPLE !!!
what about headphones?
The hell do you mean 'don't wear earbuds'? What, are we supposed to just play everything on speakers all the time? Sounds like a genetic issue or something, I'm 26 years old, listen to loud noises on my headphones and AirPods every day, and according to this (completely non-scientifically-proven) video, my hearing age is 30, which is clearly completely fine considering I'm 26.
@@xonaclan7317 youtube has a limit of 16khz so it cuts off after that (unless it was changed because on another video people could never get lower then 23 as their hearing age and some of those people were 10 years old
Dude, that's really good for s 50 year old.
Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters is practically deaf he said. He reads lip to understand folks in normal conversation
I am 13 (14 in a bit less than 5 days after this comment was posted) and my hearing age is 23 (stopped at around 17 kHz). I remember doing these tests when I was around 8 or 9 and it was around 21 or 20 kHz. Anyways, nice video!
I’m 14 and I stopped hearing at 14.5k …. What do I do I’m super concerned
@@Flying-chickIt could be your headphones or speakers. Not all devices can play such a high frequency. If you're still worried just ask the doctor or your parents about getting a hearing test next time you have an appointment.
@@Flying-chick get better headphones
@@jakubossowski8563 I don’t use headphones
I'm 13, and when I stopped hearing the voice, my hearing age was in the 30s or 40s. My hearing seems to have serious problems...
Good hearing. But you probably have a hardware or software limitation for high frequencies
Hm same and I'm 18. I might try it on better speakers
Bro I’m 11 and my hearing age is like 30😅
bruh, im only 15 and got a hearing age of 75 😰
@@Robloxian4259 same as you but I’m 9 years old
I'm 38 and stopped hearing the frequency at age 40, which is quite a relief as I've blasted a *lot* of loud music through my headphones in my time.
40 and I could hear to 34, also a relief since my ears aren't what they used to be lol. When I was 18 they used to call me dog ears at the store I was working at since I used to be able to hear folks whisper across the store. Can't do that anymore and I sure miss it!
I took one of these when I was like 28 and it's kind of depressing how spot on it is right? Can't fight some aspects of aging I suppose.
im 13 and my old of ears 30 :/
@@Shallooou mine is 40 :(
@Shannon Olivas We certainly can't stop the ageing process. The increasing amount of grey hairs that I'm finding are testament to that 😬!
@@Shallooou same lmao
I remember I was at around 18000 when I was 17 and I took the test again some years later was still around 18000. Now I am 23 and have the hearing ability of a 26 year old according to this and it makes sense, because I didn't really protect my ears but worked in an environment that is way too loud. SO PLEASE PROTECT YOUR HEARING
I once went by a jackhammer and I feel like my hearing got worse ever since then
Yay thanks for the hearing test i hear much better now! :)
The test appears to be affected by how you have your volume set. I tried it three times with different volume levels and I could hear more higher frequencies at higher volume levels. I cut off below 10Khz. I also have Tinnitus after 30+ years in the Army even though I used hearing protection religiously. Around 6.5Khz it's a little bit difficult to separate the tone from Tinnitus.
Same here
I have always been curious. I see tinnitus as a spectrum, of course. There are varying grades of it, I assume. What I am curious about is when people reach 50, there is always some kinds or constant beeping or ringing in your head at some level, or if there exists people who can enjoy complete quietness at this age?
I sure have my share of it, but it doesn’t affect me too much. I also can’t say that I never went to loud gigs or never listened to loud music either, so that probably is some of the ringing at least.
I can sleep on my 'good' ear, and have a cricket placed on the pillow next to my head and not hear the cricket! I didn't make it to 5500.....too much Army, not enough ear protection.
Poor guy
Omg high n low frequency i know i can hear bc i get nauseous
I literally stopped at the age that I actually am
same
Me too
Me as well. I could possibly have turned up my speakers more and heard more. But we're doing okay. Cheers everyone.
21-22?
Good test for check headphones capabilities. My headphone is AKG K-72 and it's hearing age is 24.👍
Checked out. Mine cut out just a year near my age. Fascinating
I’m 75, heard it up to 9455HZ. I played guitar in rock bands for about 40 years, thought my hearing was ruined standing in front of a speaker stack, apparently not!
do you have tinitus ?
@@oliviergodbout4523
No.
"thought my hearing was ruined standing in front of a speaker stack, apparently not!". But what if the reason for that "9455HZ" limit you mentioned instead of something *_way_* higher is because your hearing _is_ ruined from "playing guitar in rock bands for about 40 years" and, while you were at it, "standing in front of a speaker stack"? Just sayin'.
@@derp4687
I repeat, I’m 75 years old, and this test revealed my hearing as that of a 64 year old. My comment was only for information, I wasn’t boasting.
@@thomaswigfield7623 I’m not saying you were boasting. I’m just saying your upper limit could’ve been higher if there had been less noise exposure over your lifetime.
This was pretty precise. Weird thing was I could feel the frequencies as a weird pressure behind my eyes after I stopped hearing them.
i got a mild headache
I'm 61 and I can hear up to about 12 kHz, which puts my hearing age around 50. I've been to a lot of concerts in my life, among them Motorhead, Metallica, Priest, Maiden etc and was also at Raves/Techno Parties during the 90s. However, I used headphones or ear buds very sparingly throughout my life, and I believe this plays a part in my hearing still being pretty good. My guess would be that younger generations whom you often see wearing headphones may be regretting this at some point later in life.
51 years of age, 44 years old of hearing. And it is not a mistake. You know, sound sensation prolonging... I tested it with interruptions, telegraphy like. Not all aged. I feel better. Thanks!
Did this with eyes closed. 9218 HZ after a life of loud music in concerts and headphones. Happy with that, as it's stopped on my age !
At age 67 , I stopped hearing at 9950(about 58 year old hearing).
This one's definitely dependent on the volume and soeaker quality on your device. At half the volume on my smartphone (which I bought back in October 2023), I could only reach 14.7 kHz, but once I pumped the volume to 100% I could reach the 20 kHz upper end kf the scale.
For context, I turn 28 in July. I occasionally listen to music at loud volume, but otherwise I haven't had a lot of exposure to loud environments such as construction sites or raves.
I'm 27 and my hearing cuta out at 85-84
@@jaypence332I'm 28 and couldn't hear any frequency. It might be because I'm deaf though
@@peanutm9346bro
What does the 19khz-20khz sound like
WRONG! ALL phones arw made from the same components! Softwear is the issue
Doesn't it also depend on the "shape" of the sound? Like, isn't a pure smooth sine wave at higher frequencies harder to hear than some more harsh sounds?
thxxxx, now i can hear the pitch after i paused the video 😍
I'm 13 and I heard it until around 18.2Khz, my hearing age is 18. Cool.
me too except i'm 14
Your legally allowed to listen to alcohol now (In Europe)
@@Datboichannel i can hear it already
Mine is 23.
Bro same
63 years old and about 3200Hz, but I knew that before I started. I'm a double hearing aid wearer and functionality deaf in one ear. My aids do a really good job up to about 3000 Hz and on the "Music" setting I get to almost 3900 Hz. Fascinating test! Thanks for putting it up!
Almost the same....61, stopped at 3476, first hearing aid at age 13 (right ear, functionally deaf now), two aids for many years now. Thank goodness for Phonak!
Music setting?? That's sick! Are they able to make music actually enjoyable or is it still a pain/annoying to listen to? I've heard that hearing aids distort sound even though they make it louder, it doesn't sound "good"
@@bailey2517 - It's actually better, usually. Depending on the setting the aids more-or-less gracefully attenuate frequencies outside of the voice range and do some other audio processing to increase intelligibility. On the music setting it opens up the passed frequency range and does some different processing to allow me to hear a fuller audio spectrum at the expense of the best "normal talking" intelligibility. Like before I lost my hearing? Nope, but better than on the normal setting. Another setting tightens down the spectrum even further and changes the direction from I hear to optimize right in front me for conversations in noisy environments (It's never great.). A fourth adds what amounts to a selective "pink noise" to help with tinnitus management in very quiet environments. Definitely not "your grandfather's hearing aids!"
@@markt.3454 That's really cool!! I'm a diy speaker builder, so this is definitely something I'm interested in but never really learned anything about. I should look into hearing aids more.
Mine stopped at 3200 also but I kept playing it and it came back all the way through 15000. This test sucks.
I'm 17, and I didn't hear anything at 40. Well, according to some people, I also look like 40...
If the difference between the age of the test and your real age is very important, it is probably a hardware limitation. Try on several devices (computers, phone), speaker and headphones. Apple seems to block frequencies from 16khz... This test gives only an approximate age. For best result the video must be watched in HD and you must have a good internet connection otherwise youtube lowers the audio quality. You will get a better result if you have not been confronted in the last 48 hours with a loud noise.
Very good , it said my age was 66, right on . now I don't have to replace the tweeters in my stereo !
19, could hear until the end. Which I found odd given I have tinnitus. There were some moments where I could barely hear it until the frequency changed.
You can have tinnitus and not have hearing lose.
same but im 20
i figured my tinnitus is ~12-13khz lol
@@MatVeiQaaa tinnitus can be annoying at times but i don't mind it for the most part.. listening to music and videos with my headphones seems to help me get my mind off of it
@@alyssarasmussen1723 perhaps mine isnt that loud, but in a weird way i enjoy it and glad i got it.
I'm 16. I could hear it all the way to 20.000 hertz.
great, you have exceptional hearing, in the description there is a link up to 22,000 hz
I also, but i m 14
@@muk3zh same but I dont think my headphones were good enough at outputting this frequecys
You can't because you can only hear up to 17k Hz 16k Hz
Even me
I got around 14/13, I had to keep pausing to hear if I was actually hearing the sound or not near my cut-off, and since I'm 11 I'll consider that pretty good.
is it possible to hear almost the full range? I heard till 13/12ish. Had to put my phone volume to the highest at the end but is that a good or bad sign to still being able to hear it? Im 19 btw
It s good
Wow, this one's the genuine article. Usually, these videos don't actually go as high as the frequencies stated, but this one actually plays the rising sound all the way through.
Thank you. I checked with a spectrum analyzer directly on youtube, to make sure it works correctly.
I'm 49 and I got to around hearing age 31 or 15.6khz. This makes sense to me. Though my eyesight is going downhill, my hearing has remained very strong. I have a good ear for musical tones and pitch, I can hear really faint air leaks on the trucks I work on or subtle noises differences with mechanical parts.
Wow, nailed my age pretty well. Wish I weren't losing some of my high range like that though. I love music and I am beginning to lose a bit of the high end, probably from listening to too much heavy metal at ear bleeding volume levels .. LOL .. playing in heavy metal bands probably didn't help either. Oh well, it is what it is. Just glad to know I am still within my expected range.
I am 66 and to me the sound stopped at 8929 hz with an indicated age of 65 . So I'm quite impressed with whoever put this test together . well done ;-)
Thats sick! İm in my mid teens (14-15) and i hear 18k hz easily
@@catwithsunglasses3000 You too will be 66 one day (maybe)! Please report back on your hearing when you get there!
@@Scramjet2 i hope i'll be able to survive and notify you till then.
lol@@catwithsunglasses3000
so bad dude seems like skill issue
I'm 61 with Tinnitus. I worked in a live music bar for a couple years as a youth. Then I raced NASCAR super trucks for 15 years. 5200 left ear 6200 right ear.
That high pitched buzz is something I live with 24/7. Most of the time I dont think about it. But when everything is quiet....there it is.
Meditate on it. I used to fall asleep to that high pitch when I was a child. When you let yourself fall into it, you notice it changes quality.
Go to doctor for treatment and if it not cure then may be it's not tinnitus.
That instructed sound has very significance in spirituality, it's called sound of silence or anhad naad.
Your ears are messed up
I've had tinnitus all my life although I didn't realise that is what it was until I was 30 when I talked to someone about that high pitched tone, I just assumed everyone heard it. Like you I only really become aware of it when the room is silent.
I'm 36 and have it for 3 years. I'm a factory worker where it's loud, that's where i got it from. But i don't pay attention and mostly i don't even know it's there, it's mostly a static noise and sometimes it actually disappears (on those occasion i pay extra attention to be sure lol), depends on the day or how tired i am.
22 almost 23 and I could not hear anything past 15500Hz. I woke up with pulsatile tinnitus this morning. I did a similar test one month ago and I could hear up to 16KHz, though I was using better headphones ( momentum 4 vs pxc 550 II ).
im 27 and since i remember i was always able to hear up to 19 kHz and it doesnt change through the years
I'm 25 and hear up to 16.700 Hz, this video is so accurate
Same, without headphones.
I'm 21 ...I have an hearing age of 22😁
@@rheareji4161 im 9 and my hearing age is 15
@@rheareji4161 same thing here, kinda scary how it goes down over the years cuz I'm pretty sure I took this test a few years ago and was higher
With a pair of bookshelf speakers I was able to listen to a frequency around my age with an offset of 2 years. Not so bad after spending my teens and 20's with earphones glued to my ears 8 hours a day. Also that would explain why some tracks feel "different" from when I was younger. There are no filters, DSP plugin or equalization that could bring back those lost frequencies.
Yeah, I feel the same way. It's a bit sad I can't listen to some jams and enjoy them 100% as I used to. At least I had fun.
I'd disagree. I used all of that DSP, plugins, EQ and other stuff for this test, and had no problem hearing up to max 20kHz on headphones in this video while gradually increasing volume a bit at a certain point, and I doubt that I'd normally hear the whole spectrum if I didn't amplify those frequencies by plugins. I'm just too old. Normally, only teenagers can hear such high frequencies.
If someone wants any proof. At a certain frequency, irc around 16kHz, the tone sounded like it restarted from lower pitch and then again was going higher. That was weird and sounded possibly like mirroring in the Opus codec, but maybe I'm wrong here. Then also some noise kicked in. And in volume, everything was noticeably quieter somewhere above 16kHz.
You can use equalizer to boost up the lost frequencies.
You can take a look at on ear fidelity or squig link to have an idea on eq.
To keep things simple; you can add extra treble in order to boost your lost frequencies
I am 20 yr old,... & it's also stopped between 19 & 20.....I am so happy to examine it❤❤❤... Because, As I most of the time used headphones🎧 for my class, so I have fear 🙂😊
I tried it now I can't stop imagining the sound in my head
I'm 83 and it looks like my hearings pretty good. Glad to hear it as my 83 year old spouse is nearly deaf.
My girlfriend is 59, worked in a factory for 25 years, Sometimes forgetting to put her earplugs in. Her threshold was 8000. I am a retired musician, 60 y/o, played in local cover bands for 30 years. My threshold was 12,500 but it may be that my studio monitors were limited to producing frequencies that high.
I'm a few years older, worked 9 years in a factory plus rode subways in NYC when I was young, and have a threshold between 8000 and 8500. Somewhat worse than it says to expect for my age.
8 years for good... That's not bad, indeed...
@@Thisoldhiker …the ambient noise floor in NYC is probably
It's not just a test of hearing, it's more about sound chip's and earbud's quality. On samsung tab 6s and chip panasonic plugs i stopped hearing high pitch after 12 KHz. But with more expensive philips earplugs on the same device i can hear slighly noise upto the end of video.
19760. The actual number is a bit lower than that because I started to think the high-pitched noise in my ear (what people call Tinnitus I think) was the video. Took me about 6 seconds to realize if you want to try to find the number. Paused at 1:59. Said my hearing age was 11, which is terrifically close to my actual age. Thanks 1nnov TV! :>
this is one of the very few reliable hearing tests on youtube. thank you!
Age 62, hearing age 44. I guess this explains why I stopped hearing bats sometime in the last few years…
I never liked loud sounds. The few times I went to rock concerts I ended up with my fingers in my ears the whole time and even so my ears were ringing afterwards. How can people enjoy that volume of sound?!
Each human it's a whole different world.
For me, I neither don't like concerts so much... But I DO LOVE METAL.
and when I feel the music, turned up the volume to MAX.
I always wear earplugs. You can still hear everything, but your ears don't hurt.
I go to gigs and wear proper earplugs for concerts. Normal plugs muffle sound and it sounds like garbage, but if you get proper earplugs, you can hear lots of detail in the music and save yourself from an earache.
Seconding the headphone limitations as well. BT440's, gap between 12k and 13k, MX4 series fine until 16k without a gap, age 47.
I'm 38 and my hearing age is 48. Am listening on my KRK Rokit 10-3's so that's not an issue. Probably from all the raves I attended when I was younger.
Wow! This was crazy accurate! I tried it twice and my hearing ages were 61 and 62. For the record I'm 62! Amazing and now I don't feel like my hearing is shot; just normal.
Men's hearing declines -- along with men's health in general -- earlier than does women's, and I expect this test is averaged out between men and women.
I am 32 and hit directly there!@@just-a-fella3212
Apparently I'm 90. Might be because I'm in my 70's. Then there's the years of working construction, electric guitars and motorcycles. I'm guessing my wife speaks at the higher ranges since I have a hard time hearing her sometimes.
I did all of the stages!😊
I have severe tinnitus at 24kHz. What is amazing is that at age 68, I can no longer hear 24kHz through my ears. So how do I know the frequency of the tinnitus? I set my audio oscillator app to match an octave below the tinnitus, and it came in at 12kHz, hence the tinn is at 24kHz.
I've always assumed my hearing to be totally destroyed from 90's raves, car audio sound off comps, and loud working equipment. I've done a few of these tests today from various sources and can confirm that I've knocked an average of 5 years off of my hearing age. I'll take that as a lucky win. 😃
My tinnitus tells me from this test that I should be reaching puberty in a few years.
Then I can relive all those concerts, this time with hearing protection.
For me it's negative 6. I can live with that. I was expecting worse, if it's too loud then you're too old. Not for me, being 50 I still crank it up loud.
I did something like this with my dad a few years ago, it was more interesting doing it with people of different ages. We started with our hands up and dropped them when we couldn't hear anything anymore, it made it extra interesting.
Just a FYI, only the Opus encoded audio track will actually playback frequencies from 16kHz and higher. If the playback is using the AAC encoded audio track, it has a hard cut-off of 16kHz.
Right-click the video and choose "Stats for nerds" to see which audio codec is in use. And as others have pointed out, the equipment you use will also play a part in what ranges are audible.
I am 17 now...
Stopped hearing the video at 38
If the difference between the age of the test and your real age is very important, it is probably a hardware limitation. Try on several devices (computers, phone), speaker and headphones. Apple seems to block frequencies from 16khz... This test gives only an approximate age. For best result the video must be watched in HD and you must have a good internet connection otherwise youtube lowers the audio quality. You will get a better result if you have not been confronted in the last 48 hours with a loud noise.
55 year old tinnitus sufferer with the hearing of a 79 year old and a cat that now hates me.
Help I still hear it even when the video ended
Pay attention to your ears. Don't listen too loud. A low sound volume is sufficient at the beginning, you can increase it slightly when you approach the area where you stop hearing.
Just one question, aren't these gonna harm the ears, cause I felt my ear drum wanting to pop out due to the high pitches....?
I can't answer you precisely. You are the first to have this. If you listened very loudly, it is possible that your eardrum may have moved to compensate for the pressure. It may take a few days to return to normal. If it persists, go see a doctor.
My sound system just cut off at 16574Hz, with my headphones it went to the end. I can hear more than that though, since I hear the ultrasonic animal deterrent sound boxes which operate well beyond 20 KHz and hurt my ears when they go off. Also my hearing picks up the humming/buzzing of a lot of electrical devices constantly and I have tinnitus cause of the over sensitivity. But I can't complain at age 41.
15900hz… not bad. Couldn’t tell if the speaker cut out or my hearing ability did, but I’m pretty happy to be at least hearing within my age range 👍🏻
Lol. Trying to convince yourself huh? 🤣🤣
@@buddylove2073 nah, I know I haven’t taken care of my hearing… I enjoy loud music too much 😅…. So to be hearing at the correct age is encouraging.
It was the speakers, mine stopped at the identical frequency
Mine seems to stop on almost exactly that number too. I have a arctis 1 that claims to go up to 20000hz so, unless its a lie or my changes to the eq brought that number down, I guess im around 29 in hearing. Pretty spot on as I am indeed 29
Mine stopped at that too
This test guessed my age precisely (43), but I could still feel the vibration even after I stopped hearing up to ~15k Hz. Impressive!
Im 40 and I cannot hear anything past 8000 Hz (age 70) 🤨
@@heyyo162 Must be the quality of your headsets.
I'm 42 and could hear at 29..
Thats interesting i don't hear any vibration
@@AetherStreamer youtube cuts off at 16k also even if you are just using speakers
The sound swings left and right at higher frequencies with my ears, or headphones
Age was not far off 👌
Brilliant, instant result. You really need to check the system first. For example, placing an iPhone 13 mini's mic next to the speakers of a DT 770 pro 8ohm headset and using a sound analyser app shows a tall spike corresponding to the sound in the video moving up to the 20K mark. Whatever the limitations of the system (computer- connection-headphones- phone mic) if you see a sharp spike of any particular frequency on the screen then that sound is definitely there. Certainly very revealing.
I’m 11 and couldn’t hear till 45 years😂
It's a fun test, it varies from person to person.
I’m same age I could hear till 29
I am 12 and this is deep.
I am also 11 and heard from 33 to 20000 hearyz
Hertz
Wow, it just abruptly stopped at 30 and was immediately gone :0
Thankfully i could hear sounds till 17 kHz
I'm 61 and I stopped hearing at the range that said I was 58. So for me, this was pretty accurate.
Many older people will try this and see that they might hear up near 8 - 10k still, but not realize their hearing is not linear across the board. IOW, there may be a notch missing here and there, affecting speech or another segment of critical listening.
Someone had this issue here before, and blamed their headset, and wasn't that old yet.
Does the volume matter? Should I have earbuds with volume all the way up? Or what?
yes, the volume has an impact on the result. this test therefore only gives an approximate age. in the comments I saw that the earbuds limited the frequencies to 17 khz
Depending on high or low you had the volume set on your computer through the headphones, will depend on if you can hear the high pitch noise at the end or not. Even at the beginning of the video, i tested out the volume ranges and you can hear different things if the volume is sky high or if the volume was real low.
Ohh that makes sense now cause I have my volume set to low cause it's night and I don't want to wake up my sister
Guys don’t panic, a lot depends on speakers/headset quality 😂
I hear you men
Never been to a concert, only shot a gun once with headphones ofc. I don’t usually blast much or have any reason to have any hearing above my actual age but for some reason I still have hearing age of 30 at almost 19
On very high volume i can barely here it all the way through . But on my normal volume i can only hear to about 14.5khz or about 36 years.on both volumes i got a slight headache and minimum ringing in the ears.
So after around 17000 Hz I stop hearing the tone, but I start feeling it. It causes a pressure in my head. It's not painful, but it's very recognizable.
Just came back to this video after 2 years and I am proud to say that my hearing age increased by 5 years
I can't hear above 14k but my second phone with spectrum confirms it sounds untill 20k.
Usually mics have a larger bandwidth than speakers, so you could probably always rely on second phone to confirm first phone produces sound.
A good test of your hardware too, I can very clearly hear my surround speakers stop precisely at 17khz, which are Dolby certified and quite expensive. My headphones stopped around 15khz and were over $250.
Mine stop at 15876
You got ripped off haha I can hear 17000+ from my phone speaker dude haha
I've got the hearing of an 84 year old, about 20 years older than I am, I've been hard of hearing a long time, my wife always sits/stands/walks on my right side because voices on the left are often undistinguishable, for the most part, and my mind starts 'filling the blanks' with sometimes demented and off the wall stuff.
Yup. Me too.
You know that compression methods for youtube caps at 16 kHz, right? These tests on youtube are useles :D
Some devices have integrated equalizers which block high frequencies, this is particularly the case with Apple which blocks them at 16Khz. The audio bitrate of youtube is 386 kbps in stereo, which allows to have 20 Khz on this video (16 Khz is only in mono ,128 kbps). You have several ways to control the frequencies. 1) Download the video: The only site I've found that can download high quality audio is cobalt.tools/ (seems to give 320kbps). Afterwards you can test on a software (like Spek, very simple and free) and you will see that the video goes up to 20 KHz. 2) Directly test the audio output on youtube: You must first check that you do not have an equalizer that removes high frequencies. Then you must use a spectrum analyzer (for example android application spectroid, free) for your audio output directly on youtube, you will also find 20khz.
@@1nnovtv Yes, but nobody has time to do that, viewers are just like "check video" -> "another video." Only a minority of people will download or use it somehow "clever," majority (I'd guess) just run the video on notebook or on a mobile phone without any headphones.
Definitely depends on whatever speakers or headphones you have.
I'm 14 and heard all the way to the end after a few times when my ear started adjusting after the absolute pain that was 2kHz. I'm surprised since I didn't even know my headphones kept such a high frequency (their Lenovo btw). I always make sure my headphone volume is at like, 20% so i dont damage my ears, good to know I'm ok still, hopefully it stays that way.
Knowing everyone in the comments is so much older than me is weird lol, I just came here for fun.
if ur getting that high freq response on cheap headphone u theres a slight possibility that u might be on high volumes which is very dangerous check with a decibel metre for 85> db
above that is hearing risk
Kinda same for me too tho.. I'm 14 and my hearing age turned out to be 12.. could hear up to 19k
Protect your ears, you guys, so you don't lose that high frequency hearing!
♥️🎧🎶🎸🥁
I think mid 40's (I'm 58) but it also triggered my Tinnitus, so difficult to tell when it couldn't hear anything. Interesting test.
30 but 25 if i have it all the way blasting
and whats even weirder is that i still heard it in my right ear for a while but not my left
I set my volume to 0. It is saying that my hearing is 100 tho. Does that mean my hearing is 100% good?
I'm 19 and I made it to the end. I thought I stopped hearing it and paused only to realize it wasn't aftermath ringing in my ear; I was still listening to the frequency. This is actually crazy considering I'm deaf in my right ear partially.
Just in case.. don't try it again. Take care of that ear men
CZcams can't output more than 17K sounds. It means, what you heard above 17K is some type of distortion of sound.
i went till age 11 which is my age i am going to 12
These pure tones are dangerous! Never play such tones at full volume! It can cause hearing loss and permanent tinnitus within a few seconds! Please be careful!
@@FSA490 i dont think its accurate cause i heard it untill 15
This test is very accurate. I used headphones to take the test. I am 63 and that is exactly when I stopped hearing the tone.
if it suddenly stops at about 15800 for you, open the "stats for nerds" thing. if you're getting the 'm4a' audio stream (I think it was ID 140), that has a cutoff around 16kHz