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Short GSM mobile phone exposure does not alter human auditory brainstem response.

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Stefanics G, Kellenyi L, Molnar F, Kubinyi G, Thuroczy G, Hernadi I · 2007

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Ten minutes of cell phone radiation showed no immediate effects on brainstem hearing responses in healthy adults.

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Researchers exposed 30 healthy young adults to 10 minutes of 900 MHz radiation from a Nokia cell phone and measured their auditory brainstem response (ABR), which tracks how sound signals travel from the ear to the brain. They found no immediate changes in ABR timing compared to sham exposure. This suggests short-term cell phone use doesn't immediately disrupt the basic hearing pathway in the brainstem.

Exposure Information

A logarithmic frequency spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 GHz showing where this study's 900 MHz exposure sits relative to common EMF sources.Where This Frequency Sits on the EMF SpectrumELFVLFLF / MFHF / VHFUHFSHFmm10 Hz100 GHzThis study: 900 MHzPower lines50/60 Hz5G mm28 GHzLogarithmic scale

The study examined exposure from: 900 MHz mobile phone Duration: 10 minutes

Study Details

There are about 1.6 billion GSM cellular phones in use throughout the world today. Numerous papers have reported various biological effects in humans exposed to electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones. The aim of the present study was to advance our understanding of potential adverse effects of the GSM mobile phones on the human hearing system.

Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) was recorded with three non-polarizing Ag-AgCl scalp electrodes in...

Paired sample t-test was conducted for statistical analysis. Results revealed no significant differe...

The present results suggest that, in our experimental conditions, a single 10 minute exposure of 900 MHz EMF emitted by a commercial mobile phone does not produce measurable immediate effects in the latency of auditory brainstem waves I, III and V.

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Stefanics G, Kellenyi L, Molnar F, Kubinyi G, Thuroczy G, Hernadi I (2007). Short GSM mobile phone exposure does not alter human auditory brainstem response. BMC Public Health.7:325,2007.
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@article{g_2007_short_gsm_mobile_phone_3421,
  author = {Stefanics G and Kellenyi L and Molnar F and Kubinyi G and Thuroczy G and Hernadi I},
  title = {Short GSM mobile phone exposure does not alter human auditory brainstem response.},
  year = {2007},
  doi = {10.1186/1471-2458-7-325},
  url = {https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-7-325},
}
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-325

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Quick Questions About This Study

A 2007 study found that 10 minutes of 900 MHz radiation from a Nokia cell phone did not alter auditory brainstem response in 30 healthy young adults. The researchers measured how sound signals travel from ear to brain and found no immediate changes in timing compared to sham exposure.
No, 10 minutes of 900 MHz EMF exposure from a commercial mobile phone does not produce measurable immediate effects on auditory brainstem waves. Researchers found no significant differences in the timing of waves I, III, and V that track sound processing through the brainstem.
Research shows short-term cell phone use doesn't immediately disrupt basic hearing pathway function in the brainstem. A controlled study of 30 healthy adults found no changes in auditory brainstem response after 10 minutes of 900 MHz radiation exposure from a Nokia phone.
Cell phone radiation does not immediately affect auditory nerve pathways. A 2007 study measuring auditory brainstem response found no significant changes in nerve signal timing after just 10 minutes of 900 MHz EMF exposure from a commercial mobile phone in healthy young adults.
No, GSM 900 MHz radiation does not immediately alter brainstem wave timing. Researchers used paired sample t-tests to compare auditory brainstem responses before and after 10 minutes of genuine versus sham EMF exposure and found no significant differences in wave latency.