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Poll Results: Can you hear sound over 20kHz?

 
  • 25% (91)
    Yes
  • 74% (271)
    No
362 Total Votes  
post #361 of 499
1/1/13 at 11:44pm
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Originally Posted by Avi View Post

I heard that sound 20-25 years ago. No longer :)
 

Yeah, but that's pretty normal, so don't feel bad.  ;)

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post #362 of 499
1/2/13 at 4:04am
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Originally Posted by luisdent View Post


It's funny you said that.  I have to share a story of my "bat" ears.  My wife and I were in a restaurant last week and there were tvs playing sports games.  They sat us across from one, and the noise drove me INSANE.  It was SOOOOOO loud and high pitched I was about to walk out.  I politely asked one of the waitresses if they could turn off the television.  She asked me why.  I said the noise it is making is really high pitched and loud.  She looked so confused and told me "sir, the tv speakers aren't even turned on".  I knew right there she couldn't hear it.  So I just said it was the tv itself not the speakers.  She literally had a look on her face like I was some psycho, but she turned it off anyway.  Apparently most people can't hear the noise tube tvs make...

 

Here's the irony.  Before the waitress came over I fairly loudly asked if anyone was watching this one t.v. and if they minded if I shut it off.  There was another identical tv at the other end of the room, which i could actually hear the noise from as well afterwards, but it was acceptable being further away.  But people could watch that one anyway.  So there was one older man a booth down and across from us that waited for the next waitress to come by and told her to turn the t.v. back on.  When I hear the awful noise I looked up and he was making a NASTY face at me for having it shut off before.  So, I was thinking "why didn't you just speak up before when I asked everyone first".  I proceeded to tell him "sorry, it is making a really loud high pitched noise that is bothering my ears".  He didn't say anything, so I pointed to my ears and made a face like it was bothering me.  Then, I'm not sure if this was taken as an insult or what, but he pointed to his ears and then pointed to the tv as well and I could just glimpse he had a hearing aid in.

 

So, I gave up.  Then I had an epiphany!  I had my in-ear headphones in my pocket!!!  I stuck them in my ears, with no music playing, as earplugs.  I STILL heard the noise the whole time, but it was cut in half and much more acceptable.  People probably thought I was rude listening to music with my wife or date. ha.  She didn't mind though.  She heard it but much less than I did.

 

Anyway, I just thought that was funny and sort of relevant.  IEMs can make good earplugs when you need some! :-)

 

lol same story with me. Could hear the noise from the TVs. High pitched noise. Very annoying. Even my own personal TV (Sony Trinitron 27 inch) would make this really loud noise when turned on. I'd have to turn the volume quite loud to drown out the damn noise the TV made :P. It's quite funny that most people don't notice the noise that these older TVs made. That's the wold of noise-pollution for ya and the damage it inflicts on peoples ears everyday ;).


Edited by lee730 - 1/2/13 at 4:08am
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post #363 of 499
1/2/13 at 5:27am

The high pitched noise from old CRT TVs is most likely at the horizontal (line) frequency, 15625 Hz for PAL, or 15734 Hz for NTSC. This frequency can also appear as a low level interference in nearby audio equipment (recorded on tapes, etc.).

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post #364 of 499
1/2/13 at 1:29pm
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Originally Posted by stv014 View Post

The high pitched noise from old CRT TVs is most likely at the horizontal (line) frequency, 15625 Hz for PAL, or 15734 Hz for NTSC. This frequency can also appear as a low level interference in nearby audio equipment (recorded on tapes, etc.).


Yea, that sounds about right.  Almost in the range of the "mosquito tone" which is 17khz.  Basically obnoxious when in sine wave form. haha

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post #365 of 499
1/2/13 at 2:04pm

Try that WITH a migraine. ugh.frown.gif

 

EDIT: I tried this tonegen for the mosquito ringtones: HERE, and was easily able to hear the 22kHz tone.

 

No wonder I tend to prefer smooth treble over spiky treble.

 

(Not attemping to start a Bass vs. Mids vs. Treble debate... Sorry if this rubs anyone the wrong way) biggrin.gif


Edited by FLACvest - 1/2/13 at 2:09pm
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post #366 of 499
1/2/13 at 2:49pm

Really? Those test tones are sampled at 44.1 kHz, so if you can hear the 22 kHz tone there's probably some bad resampling going on..

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post #367 of 499
1/2/13 at 2:59pm

Assuming you have proper equipment, this is a good base to start with.  At least to show you the loudness curve...

 

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html

 

For frequency tones you can generate some here...

 

http://www.audiocheck.net/audiofrequencysignalgenerator_sinetone.php

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post #368 of 499
1/2/13 at 3:20pm

I can hear the 15K barely, and I cannot hear the 16, but my ears FEEL something, like pressure.

 

Interesting.

 

Not trying higher than 16K.

 

Then again, I am at work with open cans (DT-990) and there is a white noise generator in the background like most cubical farms have, so this isn't a great test environment :D


Edited by Avi - 1/2/13 at 3:22pm
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post #369 of 499
1/2/13 at 4:25pm

Male 44 - can hear the 15 easily, 17 and 17.4 are only detectable if I turn the volume up pretty far..2oclock (using speakers, not cans).  18, nothing....

The 21 and 22 alias hideously in my sound card on my PC....very audible, but not in the 20khz+ region.

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post #370 of 499
1/2/13 at 4:31pm

I did not hear above 19Khz with what the OP provided, but I did hear up to 23Khz with a sine wave generator soooooooooooo idk. I know I have been tested up to 22Khz for the heck of it. I polled yes just because according to other sources, I can. 

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post #371 of 499
1/2/13 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by GrindingThud View Post

Male 44 - can hear the 15 easily, 17 and 17.4 are only detectable if I turn the volume up pretty far..2oclock (using speakers, not cans).  18, nothing....

The 21 and 22 alias hideously in my sound card on my PC....very audible, but not in the 20khz+ region.

That stinks.  I would be hesitant to trust the test if your sound card isn't properly emitting the tones.  You really need everything to be fully capable of the frequencies to know if you can in fact hear them.  Otherwise, you might be able to and not even know it. :-P

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post #372 of 499
1/2/13 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by Tjj226 Angel View Post

I did not hear above 19Khz with what the OP provided, but I did hear up to 23Khz with a sine wave generator soooooooooooo idk. I know I have been tested up to 22Khz for the heck of it. I polled yes just because according to other sources, I can. 

 

Yeah, I saw the audiologist within the last year and he actually said I had some of the best hearing he had ever seen.  He was shocked that I could detect incredibly quiet and minute volume changes.  As a musician I was trying not to get all giddy in the office smiling. haha.  I was thinking "all riiiiiight!!!" hahaha :-P

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post #373 of 499
1/2/13 at 10:43pm

It seems that I can barely only hear up to 20kHz. I'm sure that the normal human ear can only hear up to 20-20,000Hz.



However, from an application from Android that reproduces the wave 20 kHz, I could easily hear the frequency well enough with headphones. I'm a bit confused here.
Edited by dragonguy23 - 1/3/13 at 5:02am
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post #374 of 499
1/2/13 at 10:47pm
Chicks dig guys who can hear above 20kHz
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post #375 of 499
1/3/13 at 4:57am
One more thing.
If there are people who can hear higher than 20kHz. How about 10Hz?
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