RWG1: Mosquito Tone

[JohnG]

Plasticmind Journal

Mosquito Tone Test, or How To Tell You're A Young'un

I am 41 and can only hear into the 13 khz range...

Take the test here: http://journal.plasticmind.com/ears/mosqui...oure-a-youngun/

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[trailboss]

Good find. I can hear 16KHz at 42 so I'm happy. I think I may do beter with a pair of headphones rather than crappy speakers. Must get a new 5.1 sound card so I can plug the Creatives in again. Allways have had good hearing. Discrimitry hearing is crap tho. Can't make out a conversation in a noisey room but I can hear a pin drop! Air craft do that to you.

Col.

[JohnG]

Good find. I can hear 16KHz at 42 so I'm happy. I think I may do beter with a pair of headphones rather than crappy speakers. Must get a new 5.1 sound card so I can plug the Creatives in again. Allways have had good hearing. Discrimitry hearing is crap tho. Can't make out a conversation in a noisey room but I can hear a pin drop! Air craft do that to you.

Col.

[censored]. I can hear 13 no problem, 14 MAYBE but I am not sure I am not imagining it... Normal for my age, but still sucks..

[trailboss]

Just allways was good at freq range. As i said it's no use if there's background noise my hearings stuffed. For some reason I have no probs listitening to three radio comms chann at once. Comes with the ability to be instantly awake at one of a number of key words on the scanner that's on 24/7.

I sleep thru 98% of radio traffic but if there's an indicator that its local my brain picks up on that ann kindly wakes me. It's a trick I learned as a radio op on ship. You soon learn that you can't be awake every minute and learn to wake up at trafic of interest. There's a repeater in your cabin which if you'r the senior/only opp is usualy right beside the radio room. That's great yntill the seas come up and you rember what a difference being 60 odd feet above sea level makes to a roll.

Considering what I've put my ears thru aver the years I don't know why there still so good. I should prob be at least half deaf by now.

Col.

[greg_r]

Be wary about the accuracy of this kind of test. The problem is that low quality loudspeakers used in TVs, computers etc often have miserable high-frequency performance.

On a good stereo at home, I can just hear a tone of around 16k generated by a professional quality signal generator (unusually good for my age, I'll be 50 next month). On the iMac speakers here at work, which start rolling off above about 12k, I can only manage 14k generated by the test you posted.

[Luthier]

Be wary about the accuracy of this kind of test. The problem is that low quality loudspeakers used in TVs, computers etc often have miserable high-frequency performance.

On a good stereo at home, I can just hear a tone of around 16k generated by a professional quality signal generator (unusually good for my age, I'll be 50 next month). On the iMac speakers here at work, which start rolling off above about 12k, I can only manage 14k generated by the test you posted.

14 khz thru my 1" laptop speakers, but don't forget - I played hard rock for 20+ years, so, maybe it also contributed to hearing loss.

And I'll be 44 in January.

[trailboss]

Agree with greg. The JBLs on this ain't bad but I reckon with a propper pair of phones I may get 17. I'm quite chuffed I can still hear that high.

Col.

[omni]

I was put out that I'm not even listed in the age brackets at 61. My wife is the same age. Using my Bose noise-canceling phones plugged into my laptop I can go to 14 where I actually notice it, but 15 is barely discernible, I can hear it but I wouldn't notice it unless I was concentrating on finding it. My wife went up to 16, must be why she's always asking me to turn down the TV. I don't know whether to thank you or curse you for bringing this test to my attention.

[greg_r]

I was put out that I'm not even listed in the age brackets at 61. My wife is the same age. Using my Bose noise-canceling phones plugged into my laptop I can go to 14 where I actually notice it, but 15 is barely discernible, I can hear it but I wouldn't notice it unless I was concentrating on finding it. My wife went up to 16, must be why she's always asking me to turn down the TV. I don't know whether to thank you or curse you for bringing this test to my attention.

Interesting fact: Women, as a generall rule, have better hearing than men at high-frequencies - whatever the age range

[ThinkBachs]

I thought my wife was hollering at me, made me get out of my chair three times before I realized it was me pushing the button... I got up to 18, though I think it's easy for some people to fool themselves since you're the one clicking the button...