A 52-year-old male construction worker presents with progressive bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. He has worked on noisy construction sites for 25 years without consistent hearing protection. Pure-tone audiometry is performed, and the audiogram shows the pattern marked **B** in the diagram. Which of the following best explains why this audiometric pattern is characteristic of noise-induced hearing loss and distinguishes it from other causes of sensorineural hearing loss?
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