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IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Strauss et al. |
Unsafe At Any Airspeed? Is it safe to use cellphones on airplanes? The U.S. FCC thinks it may be. But here is proof that cellphones and other electronics are more of a risk to maintaining proper airline instrumentation than you think.   |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
Koch & Prasad |
The Universal Handset Software-defined radio will let cellphones speak Wi-Fi, 3G, WiMax, and more. |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Erin Biba |
Why Things Suck: Hearing Aids If your hearing starts to fade, get ready for sticker shock and frustration. Hearing aids can cost more than $3,000 apiece, they don't do a good job of correcting the problem, and insurance companies rarely pay for them. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2006
Wallhagen et al. |
Sensory Impairment in Older Adults Part 1: Hearing Loss Preserving older adults' sense of hearing and helping them to maintain communication in the face of changes that occur with age are areas of concern for nurses. |
Technology Research News
April 9, 2003
Chhavi Sachdev |
Infrared headset nixes radiation Many cell-phone users have taken to using hands-free headsets to avoid the microwave radiation the devices emit, but the electrical wires that connect the headsets to the phones can also act as antennas for microwaves. A headset that connects via infrared light sidesteps the radiation problem. |
Salon.com
August 10, 2000
Tabitha M. Powledge |
Is your cellphone killing you? A neurologist who's dying of a brain tumor is suing to try to prove that his phone is responsible. |
AboutSafety
April 16, 2001 |
Hearing Protection: Can You Read The Label? Ignorance about how to read acoustic performance information means that employers and employees can sometimes assume that the protection given by plugs or muffs is better than it actually is. |
Popular Mechanics
April 9, 2008
Barbara S. Peterson |
Why U.S. Airlines Still Won't Join the Mobile Mile-High Club Airline passengers abroad could soon find themselves sitting in chatter class. In the past two weeks, regulatory authorities and individual airlines in Europe have taken steps to allow in-flight cellphone use -- not that you'll be able to phone home while flying over the United States anytime soon. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2005
Erico Guizzo |
Zone of Silence Invented for an MIT thesis, Social Defense Mechanisms: Tools for Reclaiming Our Personal Space, a gizmo defends against cellphone chatter. |
AboutSafety
June 21, 2001 |
Value Of A Good Hearing Loss Prevention Program When a company has an effective hearing loss prevention program, everyone wins -- the employers, employees and safety and health professionals who implement the program... |
Salon.com
May 22, 2002
Steve Mollman |
Will Americans go for mLife? AT&T is pushing Japanese-style wireless services in the U.S. But until cellphones are as fun to use in New York as they are in Tokyo, a jaded market is likely to keep yawning... |
AboutSafety
June 11, 2001 |
Guide To Preventing Hearing Loss Combined exposures to noise and chemicals can cause more hearing loss than exposure to either agent alone. Vibration and extreme heat are also potentially harmful to hearing when combined with noise. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006 |
Plane Talk About Cellphones With the first U.S. auction for radio spectrum for consumer broadband use while in the air on the horizon, the FCC's overall move in the direction of relaxing the ban on the use of personal electronics during flight has made some folks happy -- and many others worried. |
AskMen.com
Kathleen Blanchard |
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Findings from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery revealed that 13% of men age 20 and 69 suffer from noise-induced hearing loss. |
