What Is Cause of Age-Related Hearing Loss

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Multiple Choice

What is cause of age-related hearing loss?

• A) a misfiring due to a breakdown in myelin between neurons in the brain from the ear to the temporal lobe
• B) natural cell death that results in the deterioration of the ear structures that convert sound into neural impulses
• C) a decline in intermodal perception that is required to connect what is seen with what is heard
• D) greater sensitivity to speech sounds that results in less activation of the auditory cortex

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