Rage Against the Machine reunites for a concert and you have seats in the third row.After the three-hour concert (five encores!), you experience a ringing sensation in your ears.It is probably likely that
A)you have temporarily damaged the auditory ossicles.
B)you have permanently damaged your eardrum.
C)hair cells have been damaged.
D)you have a conductive hearing loss.

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The ringing sensation in the ears is a symptom of tinnitus, which can be caused by damage to the hair cells of the cochlea. The loud music at the concert may have caused this type of damage. Temporary damage to the auditory ossicles or eardrum would more likely cause a temporary hearing loss or pain, respectively, rather than tinnitus. Conductive hearing loss typically occurs when there is a problem with the transmission of sound waves through the outer or middle ear, rather than damage to the hair cells in the inner ear.

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