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Pulsed microwave radiation can be heard by some workers; the irradiated personnel perceive auditory sensations of clicking or buzzing. The cause is thought to be thermoelastic expansion of portions of auditory apparatus.[1] The auditory system response occurs at least from 200 MHz to at least 3 GHz. In the tests, repetition rate of 50 Hz was used, with pulse width between 10-70 microseconds. The perceived loudness was found to be linked to the peak power density instead of average power density. At 1.245 GHz, the peak power density for perception was below 80 mW/cm2. The generally accepted mechanism is rapid (but minuscule, in the range of 10-5 °C) heating of brain by each pulse, and the resulting pressure wave traveling through skull to cochlea. https://princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Microwave_auditory_effect.html
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:39:12 +0000

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