Effects of the mobile phones on the hearing function of the users

الملخص EN

Objective : To study the effects of the mobile phone on the hearing function of the users.

Method : Forty-eight Students aged 18-23 years old were divided into three groups.

They were investigated from September 2005 till October 2007.

Group one 16 girls who have used mobile phones frequently and spoken approximately 3-4 hours per day for two years.

Group two 16 girls who have used mobile phones for 1-2 hours per day for two years.

Group three 16 girls who have never used mobile phones (control group).

Medical history was obtained and pure tone was performed.

Result : Examination showed that four students from group one had reported ear pain, headache, tinnitus, weddings noise, and party noise in the used ear and only one from group two suffered from tinnitus and headache.

While two from group three suffered from tinnitus.

Conclusion : Our findings, conducted on small number of individuals for limited period, showed that high degree of limited hearing loss might be associated with long-term use of the mobile phones.

However, the possibility remains that there could be other health effects and that we need