18Khz is well into my hearing. Luckily the laptop was set for quiet, and there's a bit of background noise here at the moment.
TV's are what kill me, though. A constant whine at around 15Khz. Drives me bonkers in a quiet house.
Another advantage of living in BFE mountain land is that the ambient noise level is so low that a lot of your hearing comes back.
I think that the problem is less age and more constant noise. Adults live in very noisey environments. Computers, cars, offices, etc. The brain is very good at adaptive filtering of sounds. While I can hear those high pitches with clarity, and can pick up on odd engine sounds with ease, I have a hard time dealing with vocals. I spent most of HS actively trying to filter out voices (teachers) so I could read (in class). Anyway, it adds up over time. And I can say that my hearing has seemed to improve since moving out here to the woods. And it's not like I haven't been mean to my ears recently, either (concerts recently: Tori Amos, NIN, Sisters of Mercy, Slick Idiot, Thrill Kill Kult). And l listen to the stereo loud in the car, with the windows open a lot.
btw, the girl can hear it, too. Although it's VERY directional coming from the powerbook's speakers (beam roughly perpendicular to the screen).
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Date: 2006-06-02 06:21 am (UTC)TV's are what kill me, though. A constant whine at around 15Khz. Drives me bonkers in a quiet house.
Another advantage of living in BFE mountain land is that the ambient noise level is so low that a lot of your hearing comes back.
I think that the problem is less age and more constant noise. Adults live in very noisey environments. Computers, cars, offices, etc. The brain is very good at adaptive filtering of sounds. While I can hear those high pitches with clarity, and can pick up on odd engine sounds with ease, I have a hard time dealing with vocals. I spent most of HS actively trying to filter out voices (teachers) so I could read (in class). Anyway, it adds up over time. And I can say that my hearing has seemed to improve since moving out here to the woods. And it's not like I haven't been mean to my ears recently, either (concerts recently: Tori Amos, NIN, Sisters of Mercy, Slick Idiot, Thrill Kill Kult). And l listen to the stereo loud in the car, with the windows open a lot.
btw, the girl can hear it, too. Although it's VERY directional coming from the powerbook's speakers (beam roughly perpendicular to the screen).