Title: Reduction of electromagnetic radiation from GSM mobile phone on human brain by the use of Bluetooth headset and earphone

Authors: Abhilasha Nakra; Manoj Duhan

Addresses: Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal 131039, Sonipat, Haryana, India ' Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal 131039, Sonipat, Haryana, India

Abstract: Technology is considered to be the mount to climb up and attain the desired degree of development in a society. Man has been trying to facilitate his life through inventions and innovation. He invaded telecommunication system which leads to invention of mobile phones. In recent years, usage of mobile phone increased drastically. Since the mobile phone comes close to the head, concern about adverse effects of mobile phone radiation on the nervous system increased and this badly affects the human brain. This paper discussed on the analysis done to study the reduced effect of electromagnetic radiation on human brain from mobile phone when we used Bluetooth headset and earphone. The experiment was conducted in a laboratory using five volunteers. The mobile phone used is consist of GSM 2G technology. The period of operation is 10 minutes as talking time on the phone. Electroencephalogram is method which is used to monitor and capture the brain signals during the experimental analysis for 10 minutes interval. The result shows that the effects of electromagnetic radiations are reduced more for earphone use than the Bluetooth headset.

Keywords: Bluetooth headsets; earphones; electromagnetic radiation; EEG signals; electroencephalography; GSM mobile phones; cell phones; PSD; power spectral density; human brain; mobile phone radiation; nervous system; brain signals.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2015.066967

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2015 Vol.17 No.1, pp.42 - 54

Received: 28 May 2014
Accepted: 07 Sep 2014
Published online: 18 Jan 2015 *

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