No effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on auditory brainstem response.
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2009-12-22
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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 at baseline and then with a mobile phone on the ear under EMF off and EMF on conditions The amplitudes latencies and interwave intervals of the main ABR components waves I III V were compared among the three conditions ABR waveforms showed no significant differences due to exposure suggesting that short term exposure to mobile phone EMF did not affect the transmission of sensory stimuli from the cochlea up to the midbrain along the auditory nerve and brainstem auditory pathways