2008-08-25, 03:11 PM
Haha ^
I think that tone is around 15000 Hz (correct me if I'm wrong?). When you are born, most people can hear around 20,000 Hz. You can be born with higher or lower than this. And THEN you lose the higher frequencies with age and unavoidable sound damage. But this is all normal! (Unless you listen to a jet plane for 2 hours every day.......that's not normal.) If you can't hear the tone now, you probably will never hear it again, but it's honestly not worth worrying about - everyone else will eventually never hear it again as well (no one can escape age).
It's also not an important sound to hear... Remember human speech sounds are around 1000-3000 Hz (I think?), so if all you can't hear is above a 15kHz tone, you've still got a LONG way to go before you start getting into trouble.
I'd start looking after my ears more though.
I think that tone is around 15000 Hz (correct me if I'm wrong?). When you are born, most people can hear around 20,000 Hz. You can be born with higher or lower than this. And THEN you lose the higher frequencies with age and unavoidable sound damage. But this is all normal! (Unless you listen to a jet plane for 2 hours every day.......that's not normal.) If you can't hear the tone now, you probably will never hear it again, but it's honestly not worth worrying about - everyone else will eventually never hear it again as well (no one can escape age).
It's also not an important sound to hear... Remember human speech sounds are around 1000-3000 Hz (I think?), so if all you can't hear is above a 15kHz tone, you've still got a LONG way to go before you start getting into trouble.
I'd start looking after my ears more though.