Upper frequency hearing and age

[Bob]

Dang.  I can only hear up to 15K.    I think.  I start thinking I can hear something.   I can hear the start and stop sound clicks.

[emill]

Your speakers and audio system must 1st be able to generate the tones.....  most speakers attached to desktops and laptops greatly fall off in their frequency response at 8k cps (hertz) so that by 15k cps the system and speakers may be down by more than 10 decibels and not really your ears. Perhaps an earphone and system with a response of 50-20k hertz (+)or(-) 3 decibels will be good to test your ears with in a "silent" room. As one gets older it is normal that high frequency acuity diminishes.

At 15k and if you are over 40 .....  GOOD range!!!  Below 20 ... expected!

[ted]

I had too much trouble sorting out the higher frequencies from those of my tinnitus for the test to be of much use.

[faulty_damper]

I can only hear the sounds up to 15K.  16K is non-existent.  I wonder if it really is a speaker issue though because I turned the volume way up and still couldn't hear anything.

[indianajo]

My hearing has been professionally checked at non-existant at above 14 khz.  Ever since I fired the howitzer at ROTC camp in 1969.  No deterioration, was last checked as same in the mobil truck at work in 2008.
I don't have any respect for the sound coming from computer speakers.  Even my damaged ears can tell they they are vile.  Computer sound card plus headphone might have a chance.  I use LP's and CD's for sound source for music listening, not a computer.