anyone have their hearing tested recently?

[zangler]

i just went to the ENT and had my ears checked (needed them cleaned and what an amazing difference it is!) and tested (classic sitting in a soundproof room while they play tones) ...at the end they printed off a graph illustrating threshold respons to sounds at different freq.

it tested from 250hz to 8khz (not sure why this range, but i deduce that at least 95% of daily sounds probably fall into that category)

to be in the 'normal' range the threshold is 25db, on my graph the worst i had was 15db and the best was 0db with over 50% of my threshold in each ear being 5db or better.


just wondering if anyone has done the same thing and what the result was.

btw: one of the IEM they used for one of the tests was Etymotics, but i did not get to take a real close look...looked like one of the 4p's though.

 

[Bigguy]

Huh? What? I think I need to do this. I don't use IEM's tho.

 

[Trippytiger]

Man, your ears are in good shape! I had a hearing test as part of a medical exam before I could start my summer job, and I ranged from 5 dB for some of the lower frequencies, and 55 db

at 8 kHz in one ear. Of course, I've managed to lose the printout, so I can't figure out exactly what all the values were.

I think the headphones used for my test were some variety of electrostatic headphone designed specifically for hearing exams.

 

[zangler]

just on the eardrum test it was the IEM...for the tone test it was the special tone can type.

 

[GlendaleViper]

You should overlay the frequency responses of your favourite phones with the test results and see if there's a match!

 

[colonelkernel8]

Me. I have really, really sensitive and precise hearing. I guess precise isn't the right adjective here, sensitive anyway.

 

[aphex944]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlendaleViper /img/forum/go_quote.gif You should overlay the frequency responses of your favourite phones with the test results and see if there's a match!

I compared my hearing test with the frequency response of the DT 880(my favorite headphones). I'm MORE sensitive in the area where they peak in the FR graph! At 8khz, I'm 0dB on the audiogram chart.

From 500-1000hz: 15dB, 1500-3000hz: 7dB, and 4000-6000hz: 10dB. Then up to 0dB at 8000hz.

 

[zangler]

not a bad idea, but would be hard to do a truly blind test in a sound proof chamber as with the DR's office. i was 0db at 2k was my peak...and 5db up till then...then dropped to 5 again and 8k was at 10. not sure how something is audible at 0db though...lol

 

[zangler]

also...i have seperate graphs for each ear with the right being ever so slightly better than the left it seems...but with a 5db diff between 0 and 5db...not even sure i would ever notice.

 

[ricmat]

I also did the same test when I started my job, but at specific frequencies and with specific headphones in an anechoic chamber

anyway if you want to test yourself here you have

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

then let us know!

Cheers!