Hearing Age Test
Use wired headphones at low volume. Laptop speakers often roll off above 14–16 kHz and will fake-fail the test. This is a screening tool, not a medical audiogram.
Heads-up: tones above 16 kHz can be inaudible on built-in speakers even when your ears are fine.
12-step screening (12 frequencies)
8k
10k
12k
14k
15k
16k
17k
17.4k
18k
19k
20k
22k
Manual fine-tune
Drag the slider to find where the tone disappears, then estimate your hearing age from that frequency.
16 kHz
How to use
- Use wired headphones; keep volume at 20–40% to start.
- Press Start test and answer I can hear it / I can't hear it for each step.
- When you no longer hear a tone, stop—the prior step sets your estimated ceiling.
- Use the manual slider (8–22 kHz) to pinpoint your exact limit between steps.
FAQ
Is this a medical audiogram?
No. It is a fun screening estimate. Laptop speakers often cannot reproduce tones above 14–16 kHz, which will skew results.
What does hearing age mean here?
It maps your highest confirmed frequency to typical presbycusis curves (~2 kHz loss per decade from ~20 kHz at age 20).
Overview
Hearing Age Test steps through twelve sine tones from 8 kHz through 20 kHz, including the famous 17.4 kHz mosquito tone. Your highest confirmed step feeds a rough age estimate; the manual slider helps fine-tune between coarse steps.