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Free Online Hearing Test

Check how clearly your left and right ears respond across six useful frequencies with a short browser-based hearing screening.

Run a short left and right hearing screening across six useful frequencies. The tones are generated locally and no microphone or upload is required.
Volume Warning: Start at a low volume. Test signals can become uncomfortable, especially at very low or high frequencies. This browser screening is not a medical diagnosis or a substitute for calibrated audiometry.

Check Your Left and Right Hearing

The screening plays six frequencies in each ear. Use headphones, keep the device volume fixed after calibration, and answer only when you clearly hear the tone.

Headphones are required for separate left and right checks

What Is an Online Hearing Test?

An online hearing test is a convenient screening that checks whether you can detect tones across several frequencies. This test plays each tone separately to the left and right channels so you can compare how both ears respond.

Browser audio is not calibrated clinical equipment, so the result cannot diagnose hearing loss. It can highlight a pattern worth repeating in a quieter environment or discussing with a qualified hearing professional.

Test the left and right ears

Hear every frequency through one channel at a time and compare the response from both sides.

Check six useful frequencies

Screen 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 4 kHz, and 8 kHz from low bass through speech detail and high-frequency clarity.

Review a visual result

See a frequency-by-frequency response grid, an ear score, and any visible difference between the two sides.

Run entirely in the browser

The test generates tones locally. It does not need a microphone, file upload, account, or app.

How to Take the Online Hearing Test

Use headphones in a quiet room and begin with the device volume low.

  1. 1

    Prepare your headphones

    Confirm the left and right earpieces are positioned correctly and move away from background noise.

  2. 2

    Set a comfortable reference level

    Play the 1 kHz calibration tone and adjust only the device volume until it is clearly audible but not loud.

  3. 3

    Respond to each tone

    For every left- or right-channel tone, choose whether you heard it. Do not raise the volume during the screening.

  4. 4

    Compare both ears

    Review the response grid and repeat the test if the room, headphones, or volume changed during the session.

When a Browser Hearing Check Is Useful

Use the result as general awareness rather than a diagnosis.

Compare left and right hearing

Look for a repeatable difference between the two ears under the same headphones and volume.

Run a quick personal check

Screen several low, middle, and high frequencies before deciding whether to arrange a professional assessment.

Repeat after an equipment change

Check whether a surprising result follows the ear or changes when you switch headphones.

Learn how frequency affects hearing

Hear how bass, speech-range, and high-frequency tones differ while keeping the playback level controlled.

Online Hearing Screening vs. Clinical Hearing Test

The two tests serve different purposes and should not be treated as interchangeable.

Browser screeningClinical hearing assessment
EquipmentConsumer headphones and device audioCalibrated audiometer and transducers
ResultRelative heard or not-heard responseMeasured hearing thresholds and audiogram
EnvironmentHome or another quiet roomControlled clinical setting
PurposeGeneral awarenessProfessional assessment and diagnosis

If you notice a sudden change, persistent one-sided difference, pain, pressure, or tinnitus, seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional.

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Open the focused tool that matches the next check you want to run.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this online hearing test accurate?

It can provide a useful browser screening, but accuracy depends on headphones, device volume, room noise, and hardware frequency response. It is not a calibrated clinical test.

No. Only a qualified hearing professional using appropriate equipment can assess and diagnose hearing loss.

Separate channel tests make it easier to notice a repeated difference between the two sides under the same playback conditions.

The screening checks 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 4 kHz, and 8 kHz in each ear.

Use headphones. Speakers mix both channels in the room and make a left-versus-right comparison unreliable.

Repeat the test with the headphones reversed or use another pair in a quiet room. If the difference remains or you have symptoms, arrange a professional hearing assessment.

No. The test only generates tones locally in the browser and does not use the microphone.

No. An audiogram measures calibrated hearing thresholds in dB HL. This browser test records relative heard or not-heard responses at a fixed device level and cannot produce a clinical audiogram.

Most people can complete the calibration, 12 tone checks, and result review in a few minutes.

Yes, but use correctly fitted stereo headphones, keep the phone volume fixed after calibration, and move to a quiet room.