๐ง Headphones Recommended
A spoken number plays while background noise increases each round. Identify the number as long as you can. This mimics real-world "cocktail party" listening. 10 rounds.
The ability to pick out speech from background noise โ the "cocktail party effect" โ is one of the most practically important auditory skills, and one of the first to decline with age or hearing damage, often before pure-tone hearing tests show any issue.
Related tests: Hearing Frequency Test or Speed Listening.