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Can electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones stimulate the vestibular organ?
Pau HW, Sievert U, Eggert S, Wild W · 2005
View Original AbstractMobile phone radiation doesn't heat inner ear structures enough to cause balance problems or dizziness through thermal effects.
Plain English Summary
German researchers tested whether mobile phone radiation could affect balance by heating the inner ear enough to trigger dizziness (similar to how hot water in the ear causes vertigo during medical tests). They exposed 13 volunteers to GSM phone signals at 889.6 MHz while monitoring their eyes for involuntary movements that would indicate balance disruption. The study found no balance effects and confirmed that phone radiation barely heats tissue beyond the surface layer, with temperature increases less than 0.1°C in the inner ear structures responsible for balance.
Study Details
Pulsating electromagnetic (EM) radiation emitted by mobile phones is often incriminated for causing tissue alterations by caloric effects. In particular, the eye and the ear were regarded as possible "hot spots," with heating up to 1 degree C, in which EM radiation might have negative effects. If so, these temperature increments should be large enough to cause vestibular excitation. In this study, we attempted to verify this theory by clinical testing and in vitro experiments.
In our laboratory, a simulated GSM signal (889.6 MHz/2.2 W) was applied to 1 ear at a time, while v...
In no volunteer could EM radiation-induced nystagmus be recorded. This corresponds well to our find...
These results do not support the theory that mobile phone-induced EM radiation may cause caloric negative effects in the human ear.
Show BibTeX
@article{hw_2005_can_electromagnetic_fields_emitted_3300,
author = {Pau HW and Sievert U and Eggert S and Wild W},
title = {Can electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones stimulate the vestibular organ?},
year = {2005},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15632908/},
}