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Effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields on an auditory order threshold task
Author(s) -
Cinel Caterina,
Boldini Angela,
Russo Riccardo,
Fox Elaine
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.20321
Subject(s) - bioelectromagnetics , mobile phone , gsm , session (web analytics) , audiology , task (project management) , radio frequency , phone , electromagnetic field , computer science , medicine , telecommunications , physics , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , systems engineering , quantum mechanics , world wide web
The effect of acute exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) generated by mobile phones on an auditory threshold task was investigated. 168 participants performed the task while exposed to RF EMF in one testing session (either global system for mobile communication (GSM) or unmodulated signals) while in a separate session participants were exposed to sham signals. Lateralization effects were tested by exposing participants either on the left side or on the right side of the head. No significant effect of exposure to RF EMF was detected, suggesting that acute exposure to RF EMFs does not affect performance in the order threshold task. Bioelectromagnetics 28:493–496, 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.