Persons with normal age-related sensory changes are likely to have the most difficulty distin-guishing which of the following?
a. Spoken pairs of phrases like "she's praised" and "fees raised"
b. Orange towel hanging on a beige wall
c. "Go" and "to" in lowercase letters in fine print
d. Spoken word pairs like "cupful" and "capful"
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A person with presbycusis has trouble hearing the higher frequencies, where most of the differ-ences between consonant sounds occur. The contrast between a vivid color such as orange and a pale color such as beige can help an older person distinguish objects. The details of the letters may be poorly focused, but their overall shape, relative to the line around them, helps distinguish them. Age-related hearing impairments affect the hearing of consonants more than vowels. A person would have more trouble distinguishing "cupful" and "couple."
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