manishatr wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:09 pm
I understand why B is right but, can you explain why E is wrong?
Hi manishatr,
Sure! The audiologist is arguing that age-related hearing loss is actually due to long-term exposure to loud noise. The audiologist bases this assertion on the fact that remote, quiet populations have little to no age-related hearing loss.
Answer choice (E) tells us that people who work in loud environments don't wear ear protection unless they have to. There are a few issues with (E) that make it irrelevant to the stimulus. Most importantly, it does not mention age-related hearing loss. Also, we aren't talking about people who
work in loud environments, like a construction site; more broadly, we are talking about people who live in loud environments like cities for their whole lives.
Does this make sense?
