There's a low frequency one too, but from the text it appears that it's more of a test of my speakers than my ears, which appears to be true. My laptop speakers start the low one at 100Hz, but with my house in-ceiling speakers plugged into my laptop output, I can hear it right at the start at 10.
With the high frequency one, I hear it at the same point regardless of the speaker. I am finding everyone's results fascinating. It's making me want to do up a chart with ages and genders and hearing range.
Of course lots of things make me want to do up a chart.
Of course lots of things make me want to do up a chart.
That makes me think of this:
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Also, now that I have it linked through the system, it turns out Seabiscuit can hear it as soon as it starts and DOES NOT WANT. Heheh.
The sounds have this "warning" which applies to my work computer sound card:
Beware: cheap sound cards may have trouble reproducing the highest frequencies of this test. At best, they won't reproduce anything. At worst, ghost frequencies will be generated in the audible range. These frequencies are not representative of the file's contents! If you hear strange ups and downs or anything else that does not sound like a continuously descending sweep, suspect this test to be corrupted by aliasing (the scientific name to this phenomenon).
So I can't take the test on this computer.
I tried it on a different machine, and I think I got real results, aka I can't hear it until 14 or 15.
I felt a little wince of discomfort around 17kHz, but didn't actually start hearing identifiable sound until the guy announced 16k.
blearg - throat is sore like a sore thing, but I am keeping food down, so that is good. I started on the antibiotics, so I shouldn't be contagious by tomorrow. YAY. also? going a bit stir crazy.
There's some stupid work drinks thing tonight that I stupidly said I would go to, but then I totally forgot, and I was just sitting here daydreaming about going home soon, when my boss came in and mentioned the stupid drinks thing, which she's not going to. Luckily, we're friends, so I suggested we pretend she never said anything, and if no one else says anything, I will continue to have "forgotten" about it. Cripes, the last thing I want to do is have stupid drinks with stupid work people I'm not even friends with. (The people I am friends with are already not going.)
hivemind - I clearly am feeling better and the fever is gone and I am supposedly not contagious after 10am tomorrow - otoh, I have sat in a chair most of the day and am still tired - go to work tomorrow or give it another day?
