Investigation of potential effects of cellular phones on human auditory function by means of distortion product otoacoustic emissions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 1241-1247

  Janssen, Thomas ^a   Boege, Paul ^a   Von Mikusch Buchberg, Jutta ^a   Raczek, Johannes ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b T SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS (DPOAE); OUTER HAIR CELLS (OHC); SIGNAL PULSES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHONE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; HUMANS; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RADIO WAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 14844365005     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1854331     Document Type: Article

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