Tinnitus Linked to Mobile Phone Usage

Online, October 27, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Of the many gadgets which constitute the hallmarks of a typical contemporary lifestyle, it is the mobile phone which has recently been linked to a health disorder named tinnitus. As technology has progressed over the years, it has gifted mankind with various gadgets and appliances and now we have reached a stage that even a single day without the mobile phone or the computer is unthinkable. It is this excessive dependence which has been quoted as being the cause of many physical disorders, one of them being tinnitus.

Tinnitus is not a disease in itself but a symptom indicating the presence of other ear related disorders and is characterized by a sensation of ringing, hissing or any other sound in
the absence of any external source. Its incidence may be attributed to a variety of factors but its linkage with excessive cell phone usage been released by scientists and health specialists only recently. Statements to this effect claim that probability of people who use mobile phones for more than 10 minutes during the day of contracting tinnitus is as high as 71 percent.

This fact has been validated by a number of studies all over the world by different institutes, particularly prominent among them being the Medical University of Vienna. In a study conducted by the researchers of this university, a group of two hundred mobile phone users were put under the scanner and their health monitored over a specific duration. Evaluation at the end of the time period revealed that out of the two hundred in the target group the hundred who used the mobile phone for long durations and for more than four years at a stretch were diagnosed with tinnitus. The remaining hundred who had less exposure to the cell phone comparatively were declared as being safe from this condition.

Since the intensity of tinnitus is not the same in very victim, while some may experience intermittent and mild throbbing, for others it may be constant and loud to the point of obliterating all other sounds. In case of mobile phones, researchers were of the opinion that mobile phones produced sound waves of high intensity which in turn generated microwave energy. Repeated absorption of this energy by the cochlea within the ear could be the root cause of developing tinnitus. The fact that it now affects at least 1 out of every 5 individuals in the world could be because people nowadays depend on their mobile phones for every thing.

Although this study is not conclusive as the target group is considered as being too small, it is still indicative enough of the fact that reduction of time spent talking on the mobile is a must if the pleasure of hearing is to be enjoyed late into old age. However, all is not lost for the victim and a visit to the website http://www.tinnitusaidhq.com would reveal how people like Sebastian who suffered from this problem were able to overcome it successfully.

Having recovered from the problem, he has made it his moral obligation by helping other victims through his five-day long free tinnitus course, details of which can be acquired at http://www.tinnitusaidhq.com.