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Effect of chronic exposure to cellular telephone electromagnetic fields on hearing in rats
G Kayabasoglu1, O S Sezen, G Eraslan
1Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department, Dr Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Research and Teaching Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Objective:
To study the effects of the electromagnetic field emitted by cellular telephones upon the inner ear of rats, using distortion product otoacoustic emissions.
Methods:
Forty Wistar Albino rats were used. Twenty newborn and 20 adult rats were divided into two groups of 10, one to participate in the study and one as a control. The rats were exposed to the electromagnetic field for 6 hours per day, for 30 consecutive days. Before and after the 30 day exposure period, distortion product otoacoustic emissions were measured in each group and a signal-to-noise ratio calculated, which was later used in statistical analysis.
Results:
For both the newborn and adult rat groups, there was no significant difference in distortion product otoacoustic emissions recorded before and after exposure to the cellular telephone electromagnetic field (p>0.05).
Conclusion:
Exposure to the electromagnetic field emitted by cellular telephones, for 6 hours a day for 30 consecutive days, had no effect on the hearing of newborn or adult rats, at the outer ear, middle ear or cochlear level.
