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.
Ans: b. Natural cell death that results in the deterioration of the ear structures that convert sound into neural impulses.
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