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What is it like to lose your hearing due to old age? slow or sudden?
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Usually slow: Hearing loss in old age it is slow not sudden problem.
Answered 11/27/2021
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Presbycusis.: I think I spelled that right. The most common age-related hearing loss is a gradual of acuity for high-pitched sounds. This is why is becomes difficult to discern an individual voice within the din of background noise, for example.
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