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Is it normal for a young adult to have much better hearing for high frequencies than low frequencies? its not that i have significant hearing loss. for low frequencies i can still hear at 20 db, but at higher frequencies i can hear at 0-5 db?
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As we age, the initial hearing loss affects high frequencies and speech discrimination. The lower frequencies are relatively spared
Answered 12/31/2022
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