Auditory changes in mobile users: Is evidence forthcoming?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-585

  Panda, Naresh K ^a   Modi, Rahul ^a   Munjal, Sanjay ^a   Virk, Ramandeep S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

CDMA; GSM; Hearing loss; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; COCHLEA INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH; TYMPANOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING LOSS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; REACTION TIME; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 82455216184     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599810394953     Document Type: Article

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