What Is the Reason for Age-Related Hearing Loss

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Multiple Choice

What is the reason for 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 one sees and what one hears.
• D) Greater sensitivity to speech sounds results in less activation of the auditory cortex as one ages.

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