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Why don’t they test for frequencies between 8k and 16k?

April 26, 2017don’t frequencies Test

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Why don’t they test for frequencies between 8k and 16k?

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Hearing tests normally only go as high as 8,000 Hz for two reasons. One is that they are primarily concerned with sounds in the speech range which is mostly below 8,000 Hz. The other is that if a sound above 8,000 Hz is played too loud it can potentially damage the ear.