Recorded series of 4000 cps absolute threshold tests were administered over earphones to 1919 people in groups of 8 or less. The results suggest that: (1) test-retest reliability is increased by increasing the number of attenuation steps within a given hearing loss (HL) range; (2) use of fewer and larger steps tends to make HL scores larger; (3) warble tones are interchangeable with pure tones as test stimuli; and (4) left ears tend to show greater HL. The results of this survey for HL as a function of age agree reasonably well with results of other recorded-test hearing surveys, but not so well with survey results obtained with clinical audiometers.