Audiologist

I just turned 20 years old and I recently discovered that I can't hear past 15.5khz. 16khz and 17 and so on is all silence to me. Should I be concerned? Is this normal hearing for a 20 year old? I've asked two ENTs and they both said they can't say

Asked by Brandon almost 6 years ago

A few questions. How did you find this out? I ask because most audiologists do not test past 8 kHz, some 12 kHz. If you were using your cell phone or some low-lever speaker, do not be alarmed. Conversely, if you were tested or utilize high-level equipment, I personally would not be concerned if your responses 8 KHz and lower were normal (in fact, some research suggests that we start losing out hearing at age 2!) The x factor is if your hearing is changing drastically. If you had an evaluation with an audiologist, please repeat the test in one year to monitor for change. If you work in an occupation that involves loud noise, please use hearing protection. Hope this helps.

I used mimi hearing test on my smart phone. It accidently let out a noise at 4000 hz into my ear with headphones at 107 db for 5 seconds. I obtained severe kind of tinnitus over the event. Is it possible for permanent damage at this volume and freq?

Asked by Barcelona over 4 years ago

It is possible, albeit most likely that length of exposure should not result in permanent damage. Usually that volume’s permissible listening period would be approximately 2 min. Other factors would be distance from sound to your ear, including whether you wore earphones or if the sound just came from the phone itself. You may have caused a sudden threshold shift, whereas the sound temporarily paralyzed the hair cells. If this happened very recently (within the day), see if you improve. If you don’t, go to an audiologist/ent for a hearing test. Anomalies could then be addressed.

I know my device went higher because 1 of my friends could hear the 18khz mark from it.I ask this because I was exposed to 5 gunshots last year w/o protection.I can't say I knew I could hear above that before hand though.I've had tinnitus my whole life

Asked by Brandon almost 6 years ago

I think your statement about "I can't say I knew I could hear above that before hand" is telling. We are not all born with "perfect hearing". In fact, I hate that phrase. We are born with whatever we are born with. Is there a chance that your hearing was alway impaired in the higher frequencies? Absolutely. And to tell you the truth, most tests wouldn't even catch it. Those who test frequencies that high are mostly researchers. The tinnitus could also indicate hearing impairment. Does the gunshot exposure play a role? Possibly. Without comparison tests, it is difficult to tell.

Is hearing loss a sign of the virus???

Asked by Justin about 4 years ago

Of this Coronavirus...no. A virus can impact an ear and cause sudden sensory hearing loss. However, hearing loss is not a common symptom of what is going on.

Does law why is football called soccer enforcement agents, intelligence agents, and private investigators use hearing aides to ease drop? Also, can you really do that with them?

Asked by Mike almost 4 years ago

Why does 20dB + 20dB = 23dB and not 40dB?

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