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Acoustic Pressures in the Head from Pulsed Microwaves: Can They Explain the Havana Syndrome?

Year: 2025

Type: preprint

Abstract: The microwave auditory effect-referring to "clicks" or "buzzing" sensations that a person experiences when their head is exposed to pulsed microwave energy such as emitted by radar transmitters, has been known since the 1960s. Formerly a threshold hearing phenomenon, the effect has gained renewed interest due to the advent of high powered microwave sources in recent decades. Does it represent a potential danger to people exposed to high powered microwave pulses?

DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.175502739.93949559/v1

Authors: Kenneth R. Foster, Kenneth R Foster, Yinliang Diao, C-K. Chou

Institutions: South China Agricultural University, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics

Subfield: Sensory Systems

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4413141833

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