Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS) is a temporary decrease in hearing sensitivity that occurs after exposure to a loud noise. It is a direct physiological response of the auditory system to excessive sound pressure levels.
Temporary threshold shift (TTS) is temporary hearing loss often caused by 1. Air pollution 2. Water pollution 3. Noise pollution 4. Land pollution Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2023 · Topic: Pollution (Noise Pollution: Sources, impacts on health & wildlife, permissible limits, mitigation.)
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