A 35-year-old factory worker with 15 years of exposure to machinery noise (90–95 dB SPL) presents with bilateral hearing loss. Audiometry reveals a characteristic notch-shaped dip in bone conduction at 4 kHz with air-bone gap of 0 dB. What is the most common frequency at which the initial notch appears in noise-induced hearing loss?

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