title: Microwave hearing: evidence for thermoacoustic auditory stimulation by pulsed microwaves.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001307:Auditory Perception; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009991:Oscillometry; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water