An older patient has been diagnosed with presbycusis. The nurse would plan interventions to address which kind of hearing loss that is a common result of aging?
1. Sensorineural
2. Air conduction
3. Conductive
4. Mixed
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Rationale 1: Presbycusis is usually a sensorineural hearing disorder caused by gradual changes in the inner ear resulting from the loss of hair cells in the organ of Corti.
Rationale 2: Interference of air conduction is not the result of aging.
Rationale 3: Presbycusis is usually another type of hearing loss.
Rationale 4: Presbycusis is usually another type of hearing loss.
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