Why Are Men More Likely to Experience Great Hearing Loss

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Multiple Choice

Why are men more likely to experience great hearing loss than women in middle adulthood? They are more likely to ____.

• A)listen to very loud music,which causes damage to the inner ear
• B)be employed in places where there would be chronic exposure to loud noises
• C)smoke,which causes irreversible harm to the outer and middle ear
• D)not spend as much time trying to listen to what other people are saying

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