During middle age, the ability to hear higher-pitched sounds declines first. Presbycusis is the aging-hearing loss that occurs as a result of the aging process. It is a slow process that affects botrh ears equally thus difficult to notice, the first signs is the inability to understand speech in noisy environments and high frequency sounds.
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