The nurse plans care for a patient with presbycusis by taking which of the following into account?
A) Lower frequency hearing is lost more than high frequency hearing.
B) Higher frequency hearing is lost more than low frequency hearing.
C) It is a form of conductive hearing loss.
D) Understanding speech in a quiet room is difficult.
B) Higher frequency hearing is lost more than low frequency hearing.
Explanation: A) Mean audiometric thresholds as a function of age show decreased high-frequency hearing loss as compared to lower frequencies.
B) Mean audiometric thresholds as a function of age show decreased high-frequency hearing loss as compared to lower frequencies.
C) The inner ear and auditory pathway are vulnerable to structural aging changes that can result in sensorineural hearing loss, such as presbycusis.
D) Although speech understanding in quiet remains stable with age, older listeners experience greater difficulty understanding comfortably loud speech in the presence of background noise.
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