An older patient has an impaction of cerumen in both ears. The nurse explains which factor as increasing the risk for this impaction?
A) Decrease in cilia lining the ear canal.
B) Atrophy of apocrine glands
C) Reduced fluid intake
D) Stiffening of blood vessels
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