Presbycusis is:: (A) Loss of accommodation power, (B) Hearing loss due to aging, (C) Noise induced hearing loss, (D) Congenital deafness
Answer is B. Presbycusis , or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing.It is a progressive and irreversible bilateral symmetrical age-related sensorineural hearing loss resulting from degeneration of the cochlea or associated structures of the inner ear or auditory nerves.