[LAU] OT: Hearing high frequencies

[Ken Restivo]

Well, I did the test that someone suggested on this list: I set up a little PD patch to generate sine waves, and swept it up and down to determine the range of my hearing.

I was pleasantly (well sort of) surprised.

At very nearly age 44, the highest sound I can hear as an actual sound, when turned up really loud, is 18100Hz. Up to about 19Khz, I can get a really freakin huge headache from sounds, but won't be able to perceive them as sounds, just as OH-MY-GOD-MY-HEAD-HURTS-MAKE-IT-STOP!

At normal listening levels, around 16kHz is the maximum I can hear.

Still a good deal better than I expected.

-ken