Eighty-Five Year-Old Wanda Suffers from the Most Common Effect of Hearing

question 98

Multiple Choice

Eighty-five year-old Wanda suffers from the most common effect of hearing loss in people her age. From which of the following does Wanda suffer?

• A) Decreased ability to understand spoken messages
• B) Increased sensitivity to high-frequency sounds
• C) Increased sensitivity to low-intensity sounds
• D) Selective attention to familiar sounds

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Definitions:

Olfactory Sense

The sensory system responsible for detecting odors, playing a key role in the perception and recognition of smells.

Gustation

The sense of taste, one of the five traditional senses, involving the perception of flavor from substances on the tongue.

Pain

A disagreeable sensory and emotional response linked to either real or possible tissue harm, or articulated in relation to such harm.

Synesthesia

A neurological condition where stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second pathway.