Adverse Effect of Mobile Phone on Hearing in Healthy Individuals: A Clinical Study

The mobile phone is a ubiquitous piece in this modern world. An estimated 85% of Americans, 80% of the British, and perhaps 75% of Indians use it, as of today. Mobile phones communicate by transmitting radio waves through a network of fixed antennas called base stations. Radio frequency waves are el...

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Published inIndian journal of otolaryngology, and head, and neck surgery Vol. 71; no. Suppl 2; pp. 1169 - 1173
Main Authors Jadia, Shalini, Qureshi, Sadat, Jain, Leena, Shringirishi, Mrityunjay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.11.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Cellular telephones
Ears & hearing
Head and Neck Surgery
Health risk assessment
Hearing loss
Human exposure
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original
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Otorhinolaryngology
Hours of exposure
Mobile phone
SAR
Sensorineural hearing loss
Years of exposure
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Summary:The mobile phone is a ubiquitous piece in this modern world. An estimated 85% of Americans, 80% of the British, and perhaps 75% of Indians use it, as of today. Mobile phones communicate by transmitting radio waves through a network of fixed antennas called base stations. Radio frequency waves are electromagnetic fields, and unlike ionizing radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays, can neither break chemical bonds nor cause ionization in the human body. 1000 participants from outpatient department of a tertiary care center over a period of one and a half years, were included in the study and were divided equally into case (> 1 year use) and control (< 1 year use) groups. Out of 500 cases, maximum 233(46.6%) subjects were using mobile since last 4–6 year and 134(26.8%) were using mobile since last 7–9 year and maximum 344(68.8%) subjects were using mobile 1–3 h/day and 145(29.0%) were using mobile 4–6 h/day.
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ISSN:2231-3796
0973-7707
DOI:10.1007/s12070-018-1247-1