A 62-year-old man presents with progressive bilateral hearing loss over 10 years. Audiometry shows bilateral sensorineural hearing loss with a characteristic bone conduction threshold of 45 dB HL and air conduction threshold of 55 dB HL at 4 kHz. The loss is more pronounced at higher frequencies. What is the most common cause of this audiometric pattern?

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