Health effects: hearing microwaves: the microwave auditory phenomenon

The possible health risk associated with mobile telecommunication devices, used close to the human head and, in particular, effects on the inner ear and hearing of users have been recommended for further investigation by several groups. Recently, a number of projects have been initiated to investigate the structures and functions of the middle and inner ear following exposure to wireless communication radiation. The microwave auditory phenomenon, or microwave hearing effect, pertains to the hearing of short pulses of modulated microwave radiation at high peak power by humans and laboratory animals. Research into this effect is examined.