Hearing Range Test
Test the range of frequencies you can hear.
Finding your hearing range
Human hearing covers a range of frequencies, and this plays tones across that range so you can find the highest and lowest you can hear. This gives a rough sense of your hearing range, which naturally varies between people and changes with age.
Play the tones to find your hearing range.
What it shows, and an honest limitation
A healthy young person can typically hear a wide range of frequencies, and one interesting, well-known finding is that the ability to hear the very highest frequencies declines gradually with age, so younger people can often hear high tones that older people cannot — a genuine and testable effect. Exploring your range is interesting for understanding how hearing works and how it changes. But it is important to be clear about the limits: this is a rough, informal check, not a medical hearing test, and its accuracy depends entirely on your equipment, since headphones and speakers vary hugely in how well they reproduce very high and very low frequencies, and your surroundings. It cannot diagnose hearing loss or any condition. If you have genuine concerns about your hearing, a professional hearing test by an audiologist is the only reliable assessment. A safety note too: start quiet and raise the volume gently, since some tones can be piercing.
Frequently asked questions
Why can younger people hear higher tones?
The ability to hear the very highest frequencies declines gradually with age, so younger people can often hear high tones that older people cannot — a genuine effect.
Is this a proper hearing test?
No — it is a rough, informal check that depends heavily on your equipment, and it cannot diagnose hearing loss. A professional test by an audiologist is the only reliable assessment.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The tones are generated in your browser.