What a hearing range check can tell you.
A rising tone shows the highest you can hear on this device; why that is not a hearing test, and when to see an audiologist.
By Suraj Kumar2 min read
Online hearing tests cannot know your headphones.
The check.
A tone rises from 8 kHz to 20 kHz over 40 seconds; press I can no longer hear it when it fades.
Not a test.
The answer depends on your headphones and their volume as much as your ears; a hearing test is done by an audiologist with calibrated equipment.
With age.
The highest tone people hear usually falls with age; that is common and not in itself a reason to worry.
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