Hearing screening · about 5–8 minutes

Check how well each ear hears, one tone at a time.

You'll hear short beeps at different pitches and volumes, first in one ear, then the other. Press the button whenever you hear one, however faint. At the end you get an audiogram for each ear.

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Wired headphones

Over-ear or in-ear. Wired is best. Bluetooth works, but turn off spatial audio, sound enhancers and "mono audio". On iPhone, switch off silent mode.

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A quiet room

Background noise hides the quietest tones. Switch off fans and TV and close the door.

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Don't touch the volume

You'll set it once in the next step. Changing it during the test makes the results meaningless.

This is a screening, not a diagnosis. Consumer headphones and devices aren't calibrated, so the levels shown are estimates. If anything worries you (sudden change, ringing, one ear worse than the other), see an audiologist or GP.

Set up your headphones

1

Left / right check

Play each side. The beep should come from that side only.

Both sides came out correctly They were swapped I heard both in both ears

2

Set the volume

Play the reference tone and adjust your device volume until it sounds like a quiet conversation: easy to hear, but not loud. Then leave the volume alone.

1 kHz, both ears, loops until you stop it

Volume is set and I won't change it

3

Choose your test

Mode

GuidedFinds your threshold automatically ManualPick ear, pitch and level yourself

Ears

Both Left only Right only

Frequencies

Standard screening uses 250 Hz–8 kHz. 3 and 6 kHz add detail where noise damage usually shows first.

Volume steps

5 dBStandard, more precise 10 dBFaster

Right ear 1000 Hz

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Get ready…

Manual test

Choose an ear and a pitch, play the tone, and step the level down until you can no longer hear it. Mark the quietest level you could still hear.

Ear

Left Right

Frequency

Level (dB HL, estimated)

40dB HL

5 dB steps 10 dB 20 dB

Keys: ↑↓ level · ←→ frequency · P play · M mark · L/R ear

Your results

Thresholds

How to read this

Each mark is the quietest level you heard at that pitch. Lower on the chart means you needed a louder tone. Marks in the white band (−10 to 20 dB) are in the typical range. Pitch rises left to right; speech mostly sits between 500 Hz and 4 kHz.

Grades follow the WHO (2021) scale on the average of 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz. Levels are estimates because your headphones aren't calibrated, so compare results over time on the same headphones and device.