plumiDefects of hearing: AQA A‑Level Physics questions
AQA A-Level Physics past-paper questions on 3.10.2.3 Defects of hearing, 2008–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 8 questions on Defects of hearing, as a list
- June 2024, Paper 3 Medical physics, Q02.2 (2 marks): Describe the changes to a person’s hearing that may result from prolonged exposure to sound at 110 dB. [2 marks]
- June 2019, Paper 3 Medical physics, Q02.4 (3 marks): Customers P, Q and R move to the same distance from the loudspeaker. Customer P is 80 years old and has hearing loss due to her age. Customer Q is 35 years old
- June 2016, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q2(b)(i) (1 mark): Sketch on Figure 2 the curve you would expect to see for the person suffering from age-related hearing loss. [1 mark] Figure 2 120 0.125 0.50 2.0 8.0 0.25 1.0 4
- June 2016, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q2(b)(ii) (2 marks): Sketch on Figure 3 the curve you would expect to see for the person suffering from noise-related hearing loss. [2 marks] Figure 3 120 0.125 0.50 2.0 8.0 0.25 1.
- June 2014, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q2(c)(i) (1 mark): Loss due to ageing. [1 mark]
- June 2014, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q2(c)(ii) (2 marks): Loss due to excessive noise. [2 marks] Turn to page 6 for the next question
- June 2011, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q2(b)(i) (1 mark): sketch a curve, labelled A, for a person suffering hearing loss due to old age (1 mark)
- June 2011, PHYA5 Medical physics (old spec), Q2(b)(ii) (2 marks): sketch a curve, labelled B, for a person suffering hearing loss due to excessive noise. (2 marks) Figure 2 0 100 1000 10 000 frequency / Hz 30 300 3000 intensit
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