Answer: Put on headphones and take the tone sweep above — your hearing threshold per frequency is measured locally in your browser.
Find the highest frequency you can hear in each ear — free, private, and just for fun.
🎧 Headphones strongly recommended · For fun and screening only — not a medical test
Play a 1 kHz tone and set a comfortable volume first. This calibrates the test so results mean something.
The hearing test measures the highest audio frequency your ears can detect and compares it with typical ranges for different age groups. Healthy ears in their teens and twenties generally pick up tones up to about 17-20 kHz, while average hearing often tops out near 12-15 kHz by age 50. The frequency where your hearing cuts off is what the test maps to a 'hearing age'.
It is a useful screening tool, not a clinical diagnosis. Results depend heavily on your headphones, volume setting, and background noise, so run it in a quiet room and treat the pattern rather than any single tone as the signal. For a clinical result, see an audiologist for a calibrated audiogram.
Young, healthy ears typically detect roughly 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. Everyday speech lives between about 250 Hz and 8,000 Hz, so high-frequency hearing above 8 kHz can fade noticeably before everyday conversation is affected. High frequencies are usually the first to go with age-related hearing loss.
Book a professional check if you struggle to follow conversations, notice ringing (tinnitus), hear noticeably differently in each ear, or your cutoff frequency sits well outside the typical band for your age. Sudden hearing loss in particular warrants prompt medical attention. Annual screening is wise if you work around loud noise.
This test plays pure tones at frequencies from 125 Hz up to 15 kHz, one ear at a time, and records the highest frequency you report hearing. Most healthy young adults hear up to about 15–17 kHz; sensitivity to high frequencies naturally declines with age, which is what the fun "hearing age" figure estimates.
A browser test cannot replace an audiogram from an audiologist. Results depend heavily on your headphones, background noise, and volume calibration — that's why the calibration step matters. Treat the result as a rough indicator: if you consistently cannot hear frequencies below 8 kHz, or one ear scores much worse than the other, book a professional hearing check.
Small differences between ears are normal, but a large gap can indicate noise damage or infection in the weaker ear. Loud concerts, headphones at high volume, and workplace noise are the most common causes of high-frequency loss. If the gap is obvious, get both ears checked properly.