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Do older people hear higher or lower frequencies better? Understanding presbycusis

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, roughly one in three Americans over the age of 65 has some degree of hearing loss. For those who are wondering, "Do older people hear higher or lower frequencies better?", the answer is typically lower frequencies are heard more clearly, while high-pitched sounds become progressively more difficult to hear. This phenomenon is a key characteristic of age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis.