What is "temporary threshold shift"?

Hearing loss due to excessive noise

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Noise that is untolerable

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Tolerable noise

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inaudible noise

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Solution

The correct option is A Hearing loss due to excessive noise
A. Hearing loss due to excessive noise
Reason: During short exposure to noise, most people experience a rise or elevation in the auditory threshold that generally disappeared within 24 hours, but may last as long as a week. This kind of phenomenon is termed as Temporary threshold shift. In this period, people face hearing problem in case of low frequencies. So the correct option is A.

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