Which of the Following Statements Is False Regarding Presbycusis

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false regarding presbycusis?

• A) It affects 80 per cent of older adults.
• B) It is a major type of hearing loss that results in the inability to hear higher-frequency sounds.
• C) It starts to appear after the age of 50.
• D) It is more common in men.

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Definitions:

New Memories

Freshly formed memories that have been encoded into the brain, representing recent experiences or learned information.

Proactive Interference

Situation in which material that was learned earlier disrupts the recall of material that was learned later.

Retroactive Interference

The phenomenon where newer memories interfere with the retrieval of older ones.

Retrieval Failures

The inability to recall information from memory, often due to interference, lack of cues, or the passage of time.