Free Online Hearing Tests—Especially Important for Men

Men lose their hearing faster than women do. Here is the evidence.

I wanted to test my hearing. I looked for online testing sites.

I found three good ones.

http://www.garynorth.com/snip/1177.htm

http://www.garynorth.com/snip/1178.htm

http://www.garynorth.com/snip/1179.htm

I used a pair of high quality headphones: Denon.

These tests involve background noise to cover words or numbers. This way, you get something like a real-world situation, not just a series of tones at various frequencies.

Also, these tests have you set volume on-screen, not with your pre-amp. Each site’s software controls for volume to achieve greater consistency.

The good news: I passed all three.