High Frequency Hearing Test – Find Your Upper Hearing Limit
10–22 kHzReady
- Use headphones in a quiet room
- Never raise volume to discomfort
- Screening only, not diagnosis
- Runs inside your browser
- No upload, no account
- Nothing saved after you close
High-frequency hearing loss check
High frequencies are the first to fade with age and noise exposure. This test finds your personal upper limit in under a minute.
High-frequency hearing loss
Damage usually starts around 4 kHz from noise and above 12 kHz from ageing.
Causes
Age (presbycusis)Loud music, tools, firearmsSome medicinesEar infections.
When to see a professional
If you have ringing, sudden change, or a limit far below your age group, book a hearing test.
How to Use the
High Frequency Hearing Test
- 01
Headphones
wear them in a quiet room with low volume.
- 02
Start
press start and listen to the rising tone.
- 03
Stop
press the button the moment it disappears.
- 04
Confirm
play fixed tones around your limit.
High-frequency hearing loss
Damage usually starts around 4 kHz from noise and above 12 kHz from ageing. Early loss makes speech sound muffled in noise, because consonants like s and f live in the high range.
Causes
- Age (presbycusis)
- Loud music, tools, firearms
- Some medicines
- Ear infections
When to see a professional
If you have ringing, sudden change, or a limit far below your age group, book a hearing test.
Related guides and fixes
Learn more in these guides: Hearing frequency test explained, Hearing health guide, Decibel levels chart, Safe noise levels.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q.What is normal?
Under 25 years: around 17–19 kHz; it falls gradually after.
Q.Can lost high frequencies return?
Usually not, which is why protection matters.
Q.Why does my laptop stop at 16 kHz?
Speaker limits; use headphones.