July 20, 2010 Mobile Phone Use Increases Risk of Ear Ringing,
Study Indicates Prolonged use of the mobile phone may be
associated with an increase in the risk of developing chronic
ringing in the ears, according to a study published today in
Occupational & Environmental Medicine, a BMJ Publishing Group
journal. Business Week reports. Patients in Austria who used
their mobiles for an average of 10 minutes a day were 71 percent
more likely to have the condition. Some 50 million Americans
suffer from ringing, buzzing or other phantom noises in one or
both ears, a condition known as tinnitus, according to American
Tinnitus Association estimates. ... Regularly using a mobile
phone for at least four years appears to point to a doubling in
the risk of developing a chronic form of tinnitus, defined as
having symptoms lasting at least three months, according to the
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