How's your hearing?

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#1

When I was 18 and studying at SAE London, we all did hearing tests and I could hear from 16Hz to 24,000Hz.

Now I’m 45, with bad tinnitus and I just tested my hearing for fun using test tones. I can now only hear from 16Hz to 16,700Hz. At least I still have the low end!

It doesn’t surprise me, but I wish I’d looked after my hearing better both in the studio and whilst clubbing.

I used to dance right in front of the massive sound system in the main room at The End, literally head in the speakers, and I remember one night in the Bug Club in Brixton there was a track playing with the most piercing snare drum and it took days for the short term tinnitus to go afterwards.

How’s your hearing?

#2

Tons of tinnitus and a big chunk of missing high frequency in my left ear.

#3

good enough to know that my mix not that good

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#4

Put it this way im an expert on jet engines.

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#5

I’ll just say: raves, Ramones, Lungfish.

You know it’s too loud when you think the venue’s dead, and you find everyone hiding in the bathroom (including the lead singers girlfriend).

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#6

16.5k Hz is good for your age. I’m the same age and I top out ca. 14k. No tinnitus though thankfully.

#7

I have a Low pass filter on my hearing… i have not figured out the frequency yet though

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#8

What?!? I’m sorry I didn’t quite hear you

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#10

Is there any trustable test that not coming from youtube ? (i remember some old test back in the days where i could reach 21K but i try to reassure myself)
I’ve test with babyface and an old DT 880 pro and i’m going to 15K, i’m close to 17K with relatively new ath m50X. I’m 41
Still the hiss i’m hearing sound like pure compression artefact starting at 12K

#11

Same.
Mine does sound like white noise in the highs with a very high low cut. It is worse when I’am stressed and it adds high beep frequencies (sine waves) to it. I can still hear very high frequencies but on the left it needs much more db to get above the ground noise from the tinnitus.
I’m 39.

#12

It’s totally normal to lose hight frequency hearing as you get older. I’m 55 and can’t hear anything over 13k. It’s fairly easy to check just using an eq with white noise in your daw

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#13

i took a hearing test a couple years ago at age 27 and found that my right ear is normal for my age but my left ear has lost a significant amount of high end. i mentioned that i liked going to shows and the doctor somehow misunderstood that as me /playing/ alot of shows and she sidestepped into selling me custom fitted earplugs for $300 so i could protect my ears when im up on stage every night. i didnt feel like correcting her so i just rolled with it for the rest of the appointment. ill never spend $300 on earplugs tho.

#14

almost 49.
nearly 16 kHz.
not sure about low end.

#15

Enjoying otosclerosis here!!!

#16

42 here. I cap out at just before 18 kHz. I was worried about it, as I struggle hearing in certain environments. They tested me when I got my fancy custom molded hearing protection, and am delighted that I still have that much upper range. Turns out my struggles are my brain’s processing, and not my ears… so, winning?

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#17

I did it. It’s worth it. Mine do a great job of just lowering the overall volume rather than muffling everything. I generally put them in before I walk into the venue, and my brain adjusts. By the time I’m on stage, everything sounds good enough to interact with. I’m playing saxophone, and can’t deal with bad earplugs.

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#18

if i was still in my “front left of the stage putting my head inside the speakers” era of my life it would definitely be worth it, nowadays the loudest environment im in on a usual basis is my car so the earplugs wouldnt make the most sense (and i could just turn down my music and close the windows)

#19

I haven’t been tested in a while, but I am the only one who can hear the AC system changing settings throughout the day in my office. So I’m still better than everyone else I’m around.

#20

I have certainly come to appreciate white noise when going to sleep, silence is not what it used to be.

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