Hearing-range tone
15000 Hz — 15 kHz High Tone
15 kHz is a very high tone near the upper edge of many adults’ hearing, often used in “what’s the highest pitch you can hear” checks.
Audio visualization
Hz
20 Hz20 kHz
Waveform
Volume50%
L/R BalanceCenter
Tap a note to play its exact pitch — C1 to B8
Presets — one tap to start
Scale
Repeat
Press Space to play
About the 15000 Hz tone
15 kHz is high enough that whether you hear it depends a lot on both your age and your equipment — many laptop and phone speakers roll off before this point, so silence may just mean the speaker, not your ears.
For the clearest result, try good headphones at a low volume. Treat this as a casual curiosity check rather than a hearing test; anything you are worried about is a question for an audiologist.
Technical details
- Frequency
- 15000 Hz
- Nearest note
- A#9 (+10¢)
- Category
- Hearing-range tone
- Period
- 0.0667 ms
- Wavelength (air)
- 2.3 cm
- Octave up / down
- 30000 Hz / 7500 Hz
Common uses
- A casual “can you hear 15 kHz?” check
- Test whether headphones or speakers reach into the high treble
- Compare against 8 kHz below and 17 kHz above