Can YOU hear 20khz?

[XEAGLEKEEPER]

My hearing also drops off around 14khz..Probably due to 20 years around jet engines and age (50)...

 

[Speedskater]

A few years ago $ensible sound reviewed software that allowed audiophiles to measure their personal frequency response. I'm curious how the prior posters measured their response curves. What was used to generate the tones, what was the protocol etc.

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The software is "AUDIO-CD for testing of hearing"
#25172-01001
Digital Recordings - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

A neat program on an audio CD.
But you never know the true frequency response of your CD player, headphone & ear system.
And no way to set a repeatable reference level.

 

[protos]

First of all when saying e.g I can hear 16khz one should say at what level relative to 0db at 1khz.
I used the Audio-CD software as well when I originated the post.
The freq response of an average cd player with a reasonable pair of headphones is much much flatter than any freq response differences between individuals which are assumed to vary up to 10db.
So a couple of db off here and there is not going to make an important overall difference.
The weak link will always be the headphones of course.

 

[ak_47_boy]

SPL meters that measure well up to 20khz are expensive. I suspect most systems are incapable of going up to 20khz flat.

 

[Speedskater]

It looks like several people have the "Audio-CD" !
Has anyone got the on-line charting program to work?

Now that I'm much older, I notice that high frequency response is very sensitive to exact headphone position.

 

[DJ Exprice]

I can hear up to 22kHz 😀. I'm getting payed to find a high-pitched ringing sound off of the top of a building in SF tomorrow, so I'll be prepared 🙂.