During the recent routine hearing test at school, your friend Sam found out that he is losing some of his hearing because he plays music very loudly while wearing earbuds. After learning this, Sam jokingly said that he was "going deaf." Why is this not the most accurate description of what is going on with his hearing? A. Deafness is something that an individual cannot decide for themselves, but must be diagnosed by a doctor; Sam has not visited a doctor yet B. Deafness refers to any unexplained mild-to-moderate hearing loss, and Sam's hearing loss has been attributed to listening to music too loudly C. Deafness refers to people who have very little or no functional hearing and who often use sign language to communicate; Sam can hear enough to communicate and can produce speech without any difficulty D. Deafness refers to complete and total hearing loss and Sam is still able to hear quite well

Is an example of a nation that uses a democratic republic type of government.

Why does yu tsun kill dr. albert at the end of borges’s “the garden of forking paths”?

Read the excerpt from the declaration of independence. nor have we been wanting in attention to our brittish brethren. we have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. we have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. we have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. they too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform readers about british immigration to the colonies to convince readers that britain has treated the colonists unfairly to inform readers about specific acts of british military aggression to convince readers that american colonists should be tried in britain