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Science 19 July 1974:
Vol. 185. no. 4147, pp. 256 - 258
DOI: 10.1126/science.185.4147.256
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Microwave Hearing: Evidence for Thermoacoustic Auditory Stimulation by Pulsed Microwaves

Kenneth R. Foster 1 and Edward D. Finch 1

1 Naval Medical Research Institute, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

Acoustic transients can be thermally generated in water by pulsed microwave energy. The peak pressure level of these transients, measured within the audible frequency band as a function of the microwave pulse parameters, is adequate to explain the "clicks" heard by people exposed to microwave radiation.


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