Hearing Test App

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Motorcycles and hearing loss go hand by hand, unfortunately. So it's important to use earplugs and monitor how well you hear (or don't hear). Found and interesting free iPhone app - you can run hearing test using your phone and headphones at home or any other quiet place.

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‎Mimi Hearing Test

‎The Mimi Hearing Test is an easy and reliable assessment of your hearing, delivering understandable results in just 5 minutes. - Modern assessment: Test quickly and thoroughly a wide range of frequencies. - Instant results: Receive valuable insights from your auditory data to understand...
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Maybe there's an Android version as well - I don't know. You can test your hearing from time to time and monitor if there's any regression.

Disclaimer - I have no idea who made this app and what they do with your medical data, so use at your own discretion.
 
Maniac said:
Motorcycles and hearing loss go hand by hand, unfortunately. So it's important to use earplugs and monitor how well you hear (or don't hear). Found and interesting free iPhone app - you can run hearing test using your phone and headphones at home or any other quiet place.

apps.apple.com

‎Mimi Hearing Test

‎The Mimi Hearing Test is an easy and reliable assessment of your hearing, delivering understandable results in just 5 minutes. - Modern assessment: Test quickly and thoroughly a wide range of frequencies. - Instant results: Receive valuable insights from your auditory data to understand...
apps.apple.com

Maybe there's an Android version as well - I don't know. You can test your hearing from time to time and monitor if there's any regression.

Disclaimer - I have no idea who made this app and what they do with your medical data, so use at your own discretion.
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Seems plausible as a first cut as long as you use one of the IEM's that it is calibrated for. Using random headphones will produce random results.
 
Maniac said:
Yep, but still will allow to track the changes.

Mine are not certified, btw.
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Maybe but I wouldn't trust it for that. Aside from a traumatic event, hearing changes happen over years. Over the same scale, has the app changed, have your headphones changed (either broken in, blown or replaced), what is the repeatability of the app? You could try testing yourself a half dozen times over a one week period to see what range it predicted while removing effects of headphone and app changes. The range of values you get would be the minimum resolution that you can possibly rely on, everything below that level is just noise.
 
The software developer part of me thinks that's a neat idea, and that it would be a cool side project to work on. The cynical part of me thinks that app could have been funded and developed by a hearing aid manufacturer, that your results will magically degrade over time regardless of your actual hearing, and that your advertisement feed will suspiciously fill up with ads for hearing aids shortly after installing...
 
There are lots of web-based hearing tests that don't require any installation and data gathering. Here's one I found quite quickly:

www.audiocheck.net

Extended High Frequency Online Hearing Test | 8-22 kHz

A frequency sweep from 22 kHz down to 8 kHz.
www.audiocheck.net www.audiocheck.net

As far as having the right speakers/monitors that can reproduce the frequencies, another option is to grab a young person with good hearing and use them as a comparison.

That is, if you can stand to hear them go on and on, whining about how hard life is for them and how easy you had it in life growing up...
 
For my last FIFO job we actually had to do a proper hearing test annually. Ours got covered but I think it was around $200 or so at a local clinic.

I think it’s something I’d do again every few years just to keep on top of it. And I wouldn’t trust any app to perform this type of test.

We spend a lot of money on motorcycles and the fun part…this should be a part of that budget.
 
If the Squeeze is always complaining the TV is too loud and you ask "what?" frequently then no test is required.
 
mimico_polak said:
For my last FIFO job we actually had to do a proper hearing test annually. Ours got covered but I think it was around $200 or so at a local clinic.

I think it’s something I’d do again every few years just to keep on top of it. And I wouldn’t trust any app to perform this type of test.

We spend a lot of money on motorcycles and the fun part…this should be a part of that budget.
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2 wks ago i had to take a full medical plus hearing and blood and alcohol test for my next rotation.

Must have been good cause I just got my itinerary yesterday. Will be flying out Sunday
 
I thought if you go to one of those hearing aid places, the test is free.
 
Baggsy said:
I thought if you go to one of those hearing aid places, the test is free.
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That’s cause they’re selling a hearing aid.

Like some optometrists will throw in the exam if you buy glasses at their store.

As for the test I and most likely @ToSlow did…these are done at licensed medical centres where they put you into a soundproof booth and you do testing.

They tried to do that on site in a plywood room….doesn’t work so well when I could hear the choppers and machinery in between the beeps.
 
mimico_polak said:
That’s cause they’re selling a hearing aid.

Like some optometrists will throw in the exam if you buy glasses at their store.

As for the test I and most likely @ToSlow did…these are done at licensed medical centres where they put you into a soundproof booth and you do testing.

They tried to do that on site in a plywood room….doesn’t work so well when I could hear the choppers and machinery in between the beeps.
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You can buy a booth for a noisy environment. In practice it is easier and cheaper to use a cheaper booth in a quieter environment.
 
mimico_polak said:
That’s cause they’re selling a hearing aid.

Like some optometrists will throw in the exam if you buy glasses at their store.

As for the test I and most likely @ToSlow did…these are done at licensed medical centres where they put you into a soundproof booth and you do testing.

They tried to do that on site in a plywood room….doesn’t work so well when I could hear the choppers and machinery in between the beeps.
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Haven't bought a hearing aid yet, after three hearing tests. The ENT that I went to has retired now, so I'm not sure when I'll be doing my next test. I tried a pair out a couple of years ago. They didn't make enough of a difference. Went to an outdoor concert with them in, and one picked up the concert in front of me, and the other picked up a drunken woman getting into a brawl, behind me.
 
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