MotionShine01 / Headphones
Use good ones
Laptop speakers and small earbuds often cannot play the highest or lowest tones at all, so a "no" may be the speaker, not you.
Free tool
Hearing test, how high can you hear?
Put on headphones and find the highest and the lowest tones you can hear, one ear at a time. Tones step up from 8 kHz or down from 250 Hz; you answer whether you hear each one. A slider plays any tone from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. It is a quick check of your hearing range with your own equipment, not a medical hearing test: for that, see an audiologist.
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Do you hear it?
Keys: Y or the up arrow for yes, N or the down arrow for no.
| Highest heard | Lowest heard |
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Start quiet and turn up only until a mid tone is comfortable. Very high tones can be loud before they are heard.
Any tone
Nothing is recorded or sent. Your answers stay on this page.
Before you start
Your gear counts too.
02 / Volume
Start low
Set a comfortable level on a mid tone first. Never turn it up to hear a tone you cannot hear.
03 / Not medical
A range check only
This finds the tones your setup lets you hear. It does not measure hearing loss; an audiologist does that properly.
Questions
Good to know.
Is this a real hearing test?
No. It checks which tones you hear with your own headphones and volume. A hearing test at an audiologist measures how quietly you hear each tone, with calibrated equipment.
Why can I not hear the highest tones?
Many headphones and most laptop speakers cannot play tones near 20 kHz, and hearing of very high tones commonly fades with age. Try good headphones.
Should I test each ear?
Yes, pick Left ear and Right ear in turn. A big difference between the two is worth checking with a professional.
Is it safe?
Keep the volume low and stop if anything is uncomfortable.