Refer to the Graph

Refer to the graph.
Based on the graph, why would a song sound "muddy" if the volume is turned up really high?

A) Some of the auditory nerve fibers would be overwhelmed by the volume and stop responding to the song.
B) The auditory nerve fibers would respond to a wider range of wavelengths, making individual frequencies in the song less precisely encoded.
C) The increased volume would cause the auditory nerve fibers to become even more selective in terms of which frequencies they respond to.
D) The increased volume would cause the ossicles in the middle ear to "rattle," interfering with sound perception.
E) Louder sounds have an overrepresentation of lower frequencies, which overstimulates the basilar membrane, causing it to induce too much shearing motion on the hair cells in the cochlea.

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