A 72-year-old man with a 10-year history of gradually progressive bilateral hearing loss presents to the audiology clinic. Pure tone audiometry shows a bilateral high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss with an air-bone gap of <10 dB. Speech discrimination is reduced. What is the most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss in this age group?

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