Hilde is buying a bulb that will light up when someone rings her doorbell. She is buying this because although she can hear people fairly well during normal conversations, she has a very difficult time hearing the high-pitched sound of the doorbell. Hilde is MOST likely experiencing:
A) Parkinson's disease.
B) Huntington's disease.
C) presbycusis.
D) COPD.

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Presbycusis is the age-related hearing loss that typically affects the ability to hear higher frequencies, which would explain Hilde's difficulty in hearing the high-pitched sound of the doorbell.

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