Mobile phones may not cause cancer but may cause hearing loss
By Will Park on Monday, August 13th, 2007 at 8:58 PM PST In Announcements, Research
We’re used to mobile phone researchers trying to tell us that extended phone use will (or will not) lead to cancer this and cancer that (and even the death of bee colonies), but the newest research study investigates whether extended mobile phone use will lead to hearing loss. The study, conducted by India’s Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), is claiming that people who use mobile phone more than 30 minutes a day are at increased risk of developing hearing loss.
Principal investigator, Dr. Naresh Panda, said that “This hearing loss was more in the dominant ear (ear of use). Presence of fullness in the ears, ear warmth, strange noises in the ear are warning signals which should not be ignored.” The hearing loss is especially pronounced in the higher frequencies.
But, the study only tracked 100 mobile phone users ranging from 18-45 years old. Dr Panda stresses that the study results are preliminary and more research needs to be done before we can consider these findings significant.
[Via: Cellular News]
