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Electromagnetic interference of bone-anchored hearing aids by cellular phones.

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Kompis M, Negri S, Hausler R. · 2000

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Cell phones caused disruptive interference in 85% of bone-anchored hearing aid users, demonstrating measurable EMF effects on medical devices.

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Researchers studied electromagnetic interference between bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) and cell phones in 17 patients. They found that 11 of 13 patients who used digital cell phones experienced annoying buzzing sounds when the devices interfered with their hearing aids, with one patient also reporting dizziness and head pressure. While the interference wasn't considered harmful, it demonstrates how wireless devices can disrupt medical implants.

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The aim of this study is to investigate Electromagnetic interference of bone-anchored hearing aids by cellular phones.

We report a case of electromagnetic interference between a bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) and a ce...

Of the 13 patients with some experience of digital cellular phones, 11 reported hearing annoying noi...

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Kompis M, Negri S, Hausler R. (2000). Electromagnetic interference of bone-anchored hearing aids by cellular phones. Acta Otolaryngol 120(7):855-859, 2000.
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@article{m_2000_electromagnetic_interference_of_boneanchored_3152,
  author = {Kompis M and Negri S and Hausler R.},
  title = {Electromagnetic interference of bone-anchored hearing aids by cellular phones.},
  year = {2000},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11132720/},
}

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Researchers studied electromagnetic interference between bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) and cell phones in 17 patients. They found that 11 of 13 patients who used digital cell phones experienced annoying buzzing sounds when the devices interfered with their hearing aids, with one patient also reporting dizziness and head pressure. While the interference wasn't considered harmful, it demonstrates how wireless devices can disrupt medical implants.