1. With "Threshold and Sensitivity," can you describe the "inverse" (or oppostite) relationship between these two measures? Then, if hearing and sensitivity to noise are decreasing with age, what then must happend to "theshold" with noise. 2.What is the most common and normal ahe-related change in sight over time? What typically happens with aging to some important features of the eye that cuse this condition?

1. With "Threshold and Sensitivity," can you describe the "inverse" (or oppostite) relationship between these two measures? Then, if hearing and sensitivity to noise are decreasing with age, what then must happend to "theshold" with noise. 2.What is the most common and normal ahe-related change in sight over time? What typically happens with aging to some important features of the eye that cuse this condition?

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305389892

Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Publisher:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

Chapter41: Sensory Systems

Section: Chapter Questions

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