Aging and loud sound exposure both erode hearing from high frequencies downward

Evidence

As we get older, our hearing deteriorates from the high frequencies downward (see Section 2.3) as a function of aging. If our hearing system is exposed to loud sounds for a sufficiently long period of time, noise-induced hearing loss can occur (see Section 2.5). — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2679

Categorization

• XREF: Ties directly to Sections 2.3 and 2.5 on presbycusis and noise-induced hearing loss; relevant to the reader’s own listening life. — connects to: Human audible frequency range narrows dramatically with age — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1887
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2679