6/28/2004
desjardins/honig                                            COGNITION
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Physical Patterns
•Vision
–Decreased peripheral vision and visual sensitivity in the dark due to clouding of the cornea
•Hearing
–Presbycusis or impaired auditory acuity, lose higher sound frequencies such as a woman’s voice
•Taste
–Progressive loss of taste buds, first for sweet and salt leaving detection of bitter and sour