Volume and hearing safety
Many tools on this site play sound: test tones, sweeps, noise and voice clips. Turn your device volume down before you start, then raise it slowly to a comfortable level.
- Every sound tool starts at 25% of its own volume and fades in, but the final loudness depends on your device.
- Stop right away if a sound is uncomfortable, painful or leaves your ears ringing.
- Be careful with headphones and earbuds: they deliver sound straight into your ears.
- Very high and very low tones can be hard to hear even when they're loud, so don't turn the volume up to find them.
- Loud low tones can damage small speakers and laptop speakers. Raise the level slowly during bass and subwoofer tests.
Not a medical device
These tools check equipment, not people. No tool on this site is a hearing test, and none of them diagnoses, treats or prevents any medical condition. If you're worried about your hearing or health, talk to a qualified professional.
Noise and binaural beats
Many people use white, pink or brown noise to mask background sounds while they sleep or work, and some listen to binaural beats to relax. These pages describe how the sounds are made and how people use them. They make no health claims, and they aren't a treatment for sleep problems, tinnitus, anxiety, attention problems or any other condition.
Results are approximate
A browser can't know your volume setting, your speakers' sensitivity or your room. Levels are shown relative to what the device can handle (dBFS), not as real loudness (dB SPL). Treat every result as a practical check, not a laboratory measurement. The how we test page explains how accuracy is checked.
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