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particularly visible. Designers should use color to pro- vide good contrast and should use yellow acetate or cellophane to screen for color selections. Contrasting hues from adjacent parts of the color wheel are best avoided. Like color, pattern and texture enhance any design environment and have tremendous therapeutic poten- tial. For seniors, avoid high-contrast geometric or graphic patterns. These patterns may seem to move, contrib- uting to feelings of unsteadiness and instability. Designers should take a conservative approach when choos- ing patterned flooring or fabrics. 2. Hearing is affected by age. High-frequency pitches become less audible as we age, and we CONT I NU E S ON PAGE 26

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