The price of making that call... Mobile phone link to tinnitus
Talking on a mobile phone could dramatically increase the risk of tinnitus, research suggests.
Having one for at least four years doubles the odds of the condition in which buzzing, humming and ringing disturbs sleep, intrudes on work and affects quality of life, it found.
With one in seven people suffering from the incurable condition at some point in their lives, finding out more about its causes could benefit millions.
The Austrian researchers compared the mobile phone use of 100 people being treated for tinnitus with 100 others of a similar age. All were quizzed about the type of phone they used, and where, as mobile phone output tends to be stronger in rural areas.
They were also asked about the intensity and duration of calls, ear preference, and use of hand held devices.
Analysis of the results showed that those who had used a mobile before the onset of tinnitus were 37 per cent more likely to have the condition.
Those who used their mobiles for an average of ten minutes a day were 71 per cent more likely to have the condition, the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine reported.
Read more at the Mail Online.
Comments
This really is not surprising. They have been telling us repeatedly about how any form of radiation, no matter how minute can damage our cells in the long run. It was even proven by some UK and Finnish labs that cell phones could cause long-term fertility problems among men. Considering how much people stick their ears to their cell phones, this was always coming.
Posted by: anubhav kapoor | August 13, 2010 01:25 PM