Mine goes eeeeeeeeee, I ignore it. I can hear what I want to.
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My audiologist appointment back in July did not go so well. The frequency range that I have damage in has lowered and my speech recognition has taken a real hit. I had gone in to the appointment with the intention of discussing a hearing aid and after the test the technician suggested that hearing aids would most likely just amplify distorted sounds. He suggested that I’d be a good candidate for a cochlear implant.
I have an extended test today at the vestibular labs. It’s a pre-surgery test.
I’m not sure I want the implant. I could lose all residual hearing in my left ear. My right ear is fine so now I’m extremely careful of damaging it.
The thought of this happening to me in both ears is very frightening.
Wish me luck.
EDIT: Turns out I don’t qualify for the implant, my hearing isn’t shitty enough. So, that’s something I do t have to worry about at the moment and I can get on with it.
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I’m pulling for you.
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This! I can no longer get to sleep without a noise machine next to me!
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48 and can’t hear anything above 10KHz.
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i had a mad deaf granny growing up who had knarled fingers and toes and would make boiled chicken drumsticks for us kids to eat, her catch phrase was ‘whats that sam?’ because my grandpa sam would have to explain to her whatever had been said in any situation - how she could understand him and nobody else was just accepted by everybody
I’d be fairly dubious of test results above 16khz over age 40, and especially if you have listened to lots of loud music in your life, or have regularly used headphones (ear killers).
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I’m mid-30s and I can still hear 18.5k barely. At 19k I can perceive something but I’d hesitate to call it audible, and 20k is gone. I get professional audiologist hearing tests through my work every couple years and thankfully I haven’t seen any sharp declines, despite working in a very noisy environment full time. I don’t exactly use ear protection (not required) but I do keep earbuds in almost constantly and I listen to music at a safe volume - always have.
I also didn’t spend as much of my youth as most people did going to shows… Unfortunately - I think I’d trade a couple kHz for some of the experiences I missed (and a few of the experiences I did have I wouldn’t trade for anything)
I started as a baby with frequent ear infections that weakened my eardrums, turning them from slices of ham into rolling papers for tobacco.
In my adolescence, I experienced problems with swimming, which triggered pain if I dived or spent too much time swimming underwater.
Later on, my allergic issues worsened into “nasal polyposis,” where the effects of this disease, through the polyps gradually taking over my nasal cavities along with severe rhinitis, led to ear infections with germs easily perforating my eardrums, as they had already been weakened during infancy. Today, I am being treated, and my Vidal’s syndrome is under control. However, specialists waited until my condition truly warranted a special prescription because the treatment is expensive. I endured this disease for over 10 years, undergoing multiple surgeries to remove these polyps.
Experiencing hearing issues, I went back to see my ENT specialist (who also treats me for the syndrome), and we agreed to operate to repair both eardrums. (which I didn’t do for now because I do so much surgery I need a break)
I was a DJ for 30 years, and my left ear is the most problematic (which makes sense), but I can still enjoy music. But my hearing is far for perfect I have to say 
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Fuck man, hope it works out.
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came here expecting this to be just 29 replies of people hilariously replying, ‘what?’
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I’m 66 and 10kHz is my top end.
I always thought my tinnitus was totally caused by years of playing drums and keys in bands. Turns out a lot of it is due to allergies.
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I’m 53 with unilateral tinnitus (dominant In one ear) that happened at 35 - I can hear up up to 13khz. That’s fairly normal for my age, but I have something called acoustic shock syndrome, which is hypersensitivity to louder sounds. I can’t bare travelling on an underground train without earplugs. Emergency vehicles are so loud they’re literally terrifying but being sensitive to it is not so bad, if preventative measures help me preserve my hearing.
I do not believe that tinnitus / AS syndrome is a forerunner to imminent hearing loss. I regularly use quality headphones at low levels and nothing is changing for the worse. I get checked at audiology every year and my hearing has been the same for almost 7 years.
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Huh? What?
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So I have a technical question related to hearing loss…
I have a bit of an issue with hearing loss in the higher frequencies and it has become a sort of a problem when I’m mixing live bands (I do it at times)
Today a situation arose where there was a feedback loop right at the region where I have hearing loss and I did not here, someone literally had to point it out…
So my question, is there any visual monitoring system of the frequencies of a mix that I could use? Didn’t TC Helicon have a monitoring system that used trs?
I know catching a feedback loop visually is probably pretty hard but I think I can learn to spot them if I know what to look for.
Do you mean tc electronic clarity?
Source inputs come in a vast array of options including: USB for hassle-free VST *, Audio Units * and AAX * plug-in metering; Stereo 96 kHz AES3 digital audio on 75 Ohm BNC connectors or S/PDIF via the supplied RCA adapter for broadcast-grade metering; and stereo optical for maximum flexibility
At Sae we was taught that human beings lose 2000 hz every decade. Cause the tiny hairs that pick up the vibrations die off.
Weird how it’s only the high frequencies though….
My hearing is pretty bad, always blocked like I’m descending in an airplane and tinnitus on top of that… Fucking headphones…. I blame the tools rather than the user 
Inrerested on this or other possible spectrum visualizers. I’m 35 and can’t hear anything past 11kHz, specially my left ear.
Bummer you had to go through that situation. As a music professional, musician and producer and some live mixing I’m a bit scared some of this might happen in the future.
Haven’t tested my hearing in a while, should still be okay.
Speech recognition, on the other hand, sucks. It has always sucked. Something’s wrong with the thing between the ears, I guess.