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Effects of intensive and moderate cellular phone use on hearing function.

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Oktay MF, Dasdag S · 2006

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Men who used a cellular phone for about two hours daily for four years had higher hearing thresholds at 4000 Hz and 500 Hz than moderate users and non-users.

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The study enrolled three groups of 20 men each: heavy users who spoke on a cellular phone for about two hours per day for four years, moderate users who used a phone for 10 to 20 minutes per day for four years, and a control group of men who had never used a cellular phone. In brainstem evoked response audiometry the I-III, III-V, and I-V interpeak latencies were evaluated. The BERA results showed no differences among the groups. Pure tone audiometry found no difference between moderate users and controls. Heavy users had significantly higher detection thresholds at 4000 Hz for both bone and air conduction in the right ear and at 500 Hz and 4000 Hz for bone and air conduction in the left ear.

Why This Matters

The researchers used both brainstem evoked response audiometry and pure tone audiometry to assess hearing. Interpeak latencies of the two exposed groups were compared with those of the control group. Pure tone audiometry measured detection thresholds at 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz, and 8000 Hz.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of radiation emitted by mobile phones on the hearing of users

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The BERA results showed no differences among the groups (p > 0.05). In PTA measurements, detection t...

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Oktay MF, Dasdag S (2006). Effects of intensive and moderate cellular phone use on hearing function. Electromagn Biol Med. 25(1):13-21, 2006.
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@article{mf_2006_effects_of_intensive_and_2483,
  author = {Oktay MF and Dasdag S},
  title = {Effects of intensive and moderate cellular phone use on hearing function.},
  year = {2006},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16595330/},
}
PubMed: 16595330

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The study included 20 men who used a cellular phone for about two hours daily for four years, 20 men who used a phone for 10 to 20 minutes daily for four years, and 20 men who had never used a cellular phone.
The BERA results showed no differences among the groups.
Heavy users had significantly higher detection thresholds at 4000 Hz for both bone and air conduction in the right ear and at 500 Hz and 4000 Hz for bone and air conduction in the left ear.
No differences were observed between moderate mobile phone users and control subjects.