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No effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on auditory brainstem response

No Effects Found

Kwon MS, Jääskeläinen SK, Toivo T, Hämäläinen H. · 2010

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Cell phone radiation showed no immediate effects on hearing pathways in this small study, but exposure details were incomplete.

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Finnish researchers tested whether cell phone radiation affects hearing by measuring brain responses to sounds in 17 healthy adults. They found no changes in how the brain processed auditory signals when exposed to GSM phone emissions at 902.4 MHz. This suggests that short-term cell phone use doesn't interfere with the basic hearing pathways from the inner ear to the brainstem.

Exposure Information

A logarithmic frequency spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 GHz showing where this study's 217 Hz - 902.4 MHz exposure sits relative to common EMF sources.Where This Frequency Sits on the EMF SpectrumELFVLFLF / MFHF / VHFUHFSHFmm10 Hz100 GHzThis study: 217 Hz - 902.4 MHzPower lines50/60 HzCell phones~1 GHzWiFi2.4 GHz5G mm28 GHzLogarithmic scale

The study examined exposure from: GSM mobile phone 902.4 MHz pulsed at 217 Hz

Study Details

The present study investigated the possible effects of the electromagnetic field (EMF) emitted by an ordinary GSM mobile phone (902.4 MHz pulsed at 217 Hz) on brainstem auditory processing.

Auditory brainstem responses (ABR) were recorded in 17 healthy young adults, without a mobile phone ...

ABR waveforms showed no significant differences due to exposure, suggesting that short‐term exposure...

Cite This Study
Kwon MS, Jääskeläinen SK, Toivo T, Hämäläinen H. (2010). No effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on auditory brainstem response Bioelectromagnetics. 31(1):48-55, 2010a.
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@article{ms_2010_no_effects_of_mobile_2777,
  author = {Kwon MS and Jääskeläinen SK and Toivo T and Hämäläinen H. },
  title = {No effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on auditory brainstem response},
  year = {2010},
  doi = {10.1002/bem.20526},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bem.20526},
}
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20526

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Quick Questions About This Study

No, according to a 2010 Finnish study. Researchers tested 17 healthy adults and found no changes in auditory brainstem response when exposed to GSM phone emissions at 902.4 MHz pulsed at 217 Hz. Short-term cell phone use doesn't interfere with basic hearing pathways.
Finnish research shows no impact on sound processing. The 2010 study exposed participants to 902.4 MHz GSM radiation pulsed at 217 Hz and measured brain responses to auditory signals. Results showed no significant differences in how the brain processed sounds during exposure.
No interference was found in controlled testing. A 2010 study measured auditory nerve transmission from the cochlea to the brainstem during GSM phone exposure at 902.4 MHz. The research detected no disruption in sensory signal transmission along auditory pathways.
Short-term exposure produces no measurable changes in auditory nerve function. Finnish researchers found that GSM radiation at 902.4 MHz pulsed at 217 Hz did not affect the transmission of auditory signals from the inner ear through the brainstem in healthy adults.
No damage to cochlea-midbrain pathways was detected. The 2010 study specifically examined whether 902.4 MHz GSM radiation affects auditory signal transmission from the cochlea through the brainstem to the midbrain. Results showed no significant effects on these critical hearing pathways.