High frequencies don't hurt my ears

[somefoolouthere]

Whenever I hear high frequencies (8000-20000 Hz) they don't bother me. But for most people it seems to hurt their ears. Do I have some kind of power or are people just faking it?

[=CrimsoN=]

Maybe your ears are just ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

I can't even hear close to that.

[SMIFFY]

I can hear 8000-18000Hz and it doesn't hurt but I can't hear above that.

[saranacX]

So you're telling us thats 8000-20000 dHz (doesn't hertz)

/badjoke

[pants]

Frequency doesn't hurt, volume does.

edit: so gz you're partially deaf

[Rich-UK]

Your ears are probably already damaged, as you get older you hear less high frequency sound, there was a phone app which played a sound that only kids can hear but adults cannot, but it happens because of degradation of hearing so you may have damaged yours if you are young.

[mimiko857]

that's irritating at all so eerie

[Azza ☠]

Normally people who are younger will still hear very high frequencies.

I guess as you grow older and go off your music contests or just listen to loud music all the time, you will lose that.

However, I still hear them. Yes, it hurts and is annoying, can drive you nuts. Some even use that certain tone to keep kids/teens out of carpark loitering, etc.

You can also hear the sound from powerlines, generators, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxcbppCX6Rk

I personally get up to 19,000Hz+ (just note you will need headphones or speakers which get that range too, but the standard ones go up to 22,000Hz). If you are 1-10 years old, you should hear up to 20,000Hz. 19,000Hz is around the age range of 10-15 year olds normally. Then it goes down from there on...

What do you hear - Yanny or Laurel? (again you need a high quality audio source and speakers to actually get correct results - it will then change depending on if your ears hear higher frequency or not)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiXQl7grPQ