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tec · 01-26-2008, 06:46 AM

Here is a link to a web site that plays different ring tone at different tones, some of which are supposed to be inaudible to older ears. I thought it interesting that some of the ones listed as being audible to people under 40, I could hear, and some I coudn't.

I guess it's a good way to check your tone hearing.

http://www.freemosquitoringtone.org/

I have a rotary (pot type) switch on my speakers 0 to 11, I had mine set at 10. sitting about 3-6 foot away.

XDDAN · 01-26-2008, 08:02 AM

Wow, I always knew I had bad hearing but this proves it. I'm 37 and I can only hear the top three sounds from 50 & younger up. My 7 year olds could hear all of them except the bottom two. To many long hours listening to heavy metal in my youth has come back to haunt me...

**Moose13** · 01-26-2008, 08:14 AM

Where should my speaker volume be. With it all the way up I can hear all but 2.
With it fairly low I can hear all but 5 and I am 32. And my wife thinks my artillery days made me deaf. Dont tell her.

**magnumize** · 01-26-2008, 08:38 AM

With my speakers UP I can hear all but one.Im 34.

**magnumize** · 01-26-2008, 08:39 AM

Oh BTW my ears are ringing now and kinda feel numb,GRRR I blame YOU!!!! LOL

Bree · 01-26-2008, 08:40 AM

I could hear all but 22.4 kHz. I would have selected 16.7 kHz as the lowest one that I could hear comfortably. I guess I am not as old as I thought I was!! LOL!

**Moose13** · 01-26-2008, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magnumize

Oh BTW my ears are ringing now and kinda feel numb,GRRR I blame YOU!!!! LOL

To that I only have one thing to say. You're welcome. LOL

LKB3rd · 01-26-2008, 08:58 AM

I am 38 and i could hear up to 18.8 khz

**rufusdog** · 01-26-2008, 09:45 AM

well crap with my speakers set to where I can listen to music I could hear zero of the ring tones. no wonder I catch hell for not paying attention so often.

oh yeah I'm 58

**TacoMalo** · 01-26-2008, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XDDAN

To many long hours listening to heavy metal in my youth has come back to haunt me...

Me too, I used to listen to Pantera sometimes still do but dang did that cd screw up my hearing. Oh well, time to give Beltone a call.

01-26-2008, 06:46 AM	#1
tec XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Holland Ohio Posts: 8,654 Blog Entries: 1	Hard time hearing after shooting? test hear Here is a link to a web site that plays different ring tone at different tones, some of which are supposed to be inaudible to older ears. I thought it interesting that some of the ones listed as being audible to people under 40, I could hear, and some I coudn't. I guess it's a good way to check your tone hearing. http://www.freemosquitoringtone.org/ I have a rotary (pot type) switch on my speakers 0 to 11, I had mine set at 10. sitting about 3-6 foot away. __________________ Founding father of the "Post here if you want to increase your post count". Last edited by tec; 01-26-2008 at 10:01 AM.

01-26-2008, 08:14 AM	#3
Moose13 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 787	Where should my speaker volume be. With it all the way up I can hear all but 2. With it fairly low I can hear all but 5 and I am 32. And my wife thinks my artillery days made me deaf. Dont tell her. __________________ XD 45ACP Compact State's Brady Rating - T-37 WEST VIRGINIA 6

01-26-2008, 08:38 AM	#4
magnumize XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ky Posts: 2,410	With my speakers UP I can hear all but one.Im 34. __________________ Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take away everything you have..The course of history shows that as Government grows,liberty decreases...Thomas Jefferson The enemy teaches their kids how to handle RPGs and Ak-47s...our schools suspend kids for drawing a picture of a gun and teach Earth Day and putting a Trojan on a banana. Whats wrong with this picture? Brickboy240

01-26-2008, 08:39 AM	#5
magnumize XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ky Posts: 2,410	Oh BTW my ears are ringing now and kinda feel numb,GRRR I blame YOU!!!! LOL __________________ Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take away everything you have..The course of history shows that as Government grows,liberty decreases...Thomas Jefferson The enemy teaches their kids how to handle RPGs and Ak-47s...our schools suspend kids for drawing a picture of a gun and teach Earth Day and putting a Trojan on a banana. Whats wrong with this picture? Brickboy240

01-26-2008, 08:40 AM	#6
Bree XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 3,258 Blog Entries: 5	I could hear all but 22.4 kHz. I would have selected 16.7 kHz as the lowest one that I could hear comfortably. I guess I am not as old as I thought I was!! LOL! __________________ Shoot Straight and Ride Safe! Bree XD .45 Compact -- Ruger SP-101 .357 Mag. -- Keltec P3AT .380 Rock River Arms 20" Varmint A4 AR-15 w/4-16x56mm MilDot Ruger 10/22 Black Stainless Mossberg 590 Mariner 12 Ga w/Knoxx SpecOps Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide Patriot Guard Rider Iron Butt Association Member The 60's Can't Die As Long As I Won't Leave Them!! I support McCain-Palin with CA$H!

01-26-2008, 08:02 AM	#2
XDDAN XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: lewistown, pa Posts: 56	Wow, I always knew I had bad hearing but this proves it. I'm 37 and I can only hear the top three sounds from 50 & younger up. My 7 year olds could hear all of them except the bottom two. To many long hours listening to heavy metal in my youth has come back to haunt me...

01-26-2008, 08:58 AM	#8
LKB3rd XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT Posts: 926	I am 38 and i could hear up to 18.8 khz

01-26-2008, 09:45 AM	#9
rufusdog XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 976	well crap with my speakers set to where I can listen to music I could hear zero of the ring tones. no wonder I catch hell for not paying attention so often. oh yeah I'm 58

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