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Learn about hearing
Hearing age: what's normal at every age?
How much high-frequency loss is typical at 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and 80, with the full table, and what makes your hearing age older than your years.
How to read an audiogram
The hearing chart explained: the axes, why right is a red O and left is a blue X, and the standard degrees of hearing loss.
Why can I hear people but not understand what they say?
Voices loud enough, words blurred: the high-frequency pattern behind it, why restaurants are the worst case, and what actually helps.
Tinnitus masking at home
Match the pitch of your ringing, then soften it with shaped noise. What masking can and can't do, and the symptoms that need a doctor.
How the HearAge test works
Our methodology: the staircase procedure, honest calibration limits, and the ISO 7029 mapping behind your hearing age.
Rather just find out? The test takes 3 minutes with any headphones.
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