Perhaps you have severe chronic subjective tinnitus and you've gone to your eye doctor and noticed that when your pupils are dilated your tinnitus flares up or you experience a tugging sensation or a "vroom" sound from one ear to the other. It may surprise some people to know that the visual center of the midbrain (superior colliculus) is connected to the auditory center (inferior colliculus) of the brain.
If you experience a tugging sensation or your tinnitus gets worse it is okay to ask your eye doctor, the next time that you visit, to reduce the dilation solution to the minimal that he or she needs to properly assess your eyes. Explain that it irritates your tinnitus.
The more that we share about our tinnitus the more we make the world aware. Eye doctors are intrigued to hear this information and they are typically happy to comply with your wishes.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Tinnitus: Mazda 6 Radar and Laser
In my previous post I mentioned that what was formerly thought of as non-thermal and non-ionizing radar is wrong. These sources of electromagnetic cell, DNA, and neurological damage are likely internally thermal and therefore internally ionizing. The electromagnetic heat is generated within the human body after the hydrogen in H20 splits from H20 to H + OH. Since humans are comprised of a great deal of water it makes sense that there are biological effects. DNA is suspended in liquid and when the liquid ionizes it breaks the DNA apart.
Many scientists have debated the biological effects of what was considered to be non-thermal and therefore non-ionizing radar. Numerous studies have shown human cell damage as a result of radar and low-level laser exposure. These studies have been conducted by major Universities, tri-service scientists, and highly reputable researchers for over 50 years.
Despite the overwhelming evidence of acute and latent health effects in mammals, industries continue to develop and release these radar and laser products citing that they are well within health standards.
The health standards should be adjusted before more of these radar equipped cars roll off of the assembly line. Most health standards regarding radio frequency radiation basically say that the regulators do not fully understand the biological effects of radio frequency radiation and therefore they will allow these products to be sold until further research determines otherwise. That does not mean that the product is safe.
In the U.S. we've had researchers since WWII showing biological effects (e.g. skin lesions, internal lesions, retinal damage, tinnitus, lymphatic cancer, EEG variation, blood disorders, behavioral disorders, etc.). The time to tighten up the regulations is now.
Californians are fortunate, we have been afforded the opportunity to opt-out of microwave Smartmeters on our homes. Unfortunately, we will not be able to opt-out of Mazda 6 drivers pinging our vehicles with radar and laser systems.
Tinnitus may be one of the many health risks attributable to radar exposure. The idea is that the radar signal bounces from the transmitting vehicle, bounces off of the conducting vehicle, and returns back into the transmitting vehicle.
What happens to the people in each car? My theory, is that the signal will pass through the eyes and travels into the brain of the occupants likely causing long-term optical and neurological declination (possibly including hyperacusis and tinnitus).
How is that possible? My theory is that since the inferior colliculus (part of the auditory system) of the midbrain and the superior colliculus (a visual center) are connected and we know that tinnitus can be caused by brain injury we can suggest that the visual pathway conducts radar and laser signals to the connected area in the brain and may indeed cause tinnitus (without any middle or inner ear damage). In this case, no amount of hearing protection can help.
In my view, it should be illegal for another driver to ping a radar signal or a laser from their vehicle to my vehicle, especially since I have hyperacusis and tinnitus and the source signal may make my condition permanently worse. Also, electromagnetic sensitivity is an internationally accepted health condition. The automobile industry would be smart to take this into consideration.
There is a law that is supposed to protect U.S. citizens from these products The Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. The problem is that the law is not enforced. The law needs to be updated to include consumer radar systems prior to release to the public, not after release.
Although not a great risk to human health now, if the automobile industry continues to produce these electromagnetic radiation equipped vehicles without regard to human health then we should not be surprised as to the great increase in people with tinnitus that will be the result of the automobile industry's craving for profits.
I'd like to remind the automobile industry to think of safety first and human health over profits. Just imagine a traffic jam in a major city, in the future, and how much electromagnetic radiation would be produced if every car in the traffic jam had radar and laser transmission running simultaneously.
Can you drive a Mazda 6 now and experience tinnitus years later from your overexposure to radio frequency radiation? Yes, because the radar could send signals to your neurons and your auditory pathway that shorten human cell shelf-life and could cause cancer.
I like the design of the Mazda 6. It is sleek and edgy. I don't like it enough to experience permanent health issues from it, especially permanent hyperacusis or tinnitus.
More information:
http://electronicdesign.com/communications/millimeter-waves-will-expand-wireless-future
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241519/pdf/ehp0111-000881.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/july-dec13/tinnitus_11-06.html
Many scientists have debated the biological effects of what was considered to be non-thermal and therefore non-ionizing radar. Numerous studies have shown human cell damage as a result of radar and low-level laser exposure. These studies have been conducted by major Universities, tri-service scientists, and highly reputable researchers for over 50 years.
Despite the overwhelming evidence of acute and latent health effects in mammals, industries continue to develop and release these radar and laser products citing that they are well within health standards.
The health standards should be adjusted before more of these radar equipped cars roll off of the assembly line. Most health standards regarding radio frequency radiation basically say that the regulators do not fully understand the biological effects of radio frequency radiation and therefore they will allow these products to be sold until further research determines otherwise. That does not mean that the product is safe.
In the U.S. we've had researchers since WWII showing biological effects (e.g. skin lesions, internal lesions, retinal damage, tinnitus, lymphatic cancer, EEG variation, blood disorders, behavioral disorders, etc.). The time to tighten up the regulations is now.
Californians are fortunate, we have been afforded the opportunity to opt-out of microwave Smartmeters on our homes. Unfortunately, we will not be able to opt-out of Mazda 6 drivers pinging our vehicles with radar and laser systems.
Tinnitus may be one of the many health risks attributable to radar exposure. The idea is that the radar signal bounces from the transmitting vehicle, bounces off of the conducting vehicle, and returns back into the transmitting vehicle.
What happens to the people in each car? My theory, is that the signal will pass through the eyes and travels into the brain of the occupants likely causing long-term optical and neurological declination (possibly including hyperacusis and tinnitus).
How is that possible? My theory is that since the inferior colliculus (part of the auditory system) of the midbrain and the superior colliculus (a visual center) are connected and we know that tinnitus can be caused by brain injury we can suggest that the visual pathway conducts radar and laser signals to the connected area in the brain and may indeed cause tinnitus (without any middle or inner ear damage). In this case, no amount of hearing protection can help.
In my view, it should be illegal for another driver to ping a radar signal or a laser from their vehicle to my vehicle, especially since I have hyperacusis and tinnitus and the source signal may make my condition permanently worse. Also, electromagnetic sensitivity is an internationally accepted health condition. The automobile industry would be smart to take this into consideration.
There is a law that is supposed to protect U.S. citizens from these products The Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. The problem is that the law is not enforced. The law needs to be updated to include consumer radar systems prior to release to the public, not after release.
Although not a great risk to human health now, if the automobile industry continues to produce these electromagnetic radiation equipped vehicles without regard to human health then we should not be surprised as to the great increase in people with tinnitus that will be the result of the automobile industry's craving for profits.
I'd like to remind the automobile industry to think of safety first and human health over profits. Just imagine a traffic jam in a major city, in the future, and how much electromagnetic radiation would be produced if every car in the traffic jam had radar and laser transmission running simultaneously.
Can you drive a Mazda 6 now and experience tinnitus years later from your overexposure to radio frequency radiation? Yes, because the radar could send signals to your neurons and your auditory pathway that shorten human cell shelf-life and could cause cancer.
I like the design of the Mazda 6. It is sleek and edgy. I don't like it enough to experience permanent health issues from it, especially permanent hyperacusis or tinnitus.
More information:
http://electronicdesign.com/communications/millimeter-waves-will-expand-wireless-future
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241519/pdf/ehp0111-000881.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/july-dec13/tinnitus_11-06.html
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Tinnitus: Non-Thermal Radiation Source
A non-thermal radiation source is typically defined as any electromagnetic radiation source other than atomic or heat generated. Microwave radar systems, Smartmeters, chordless phones, cellular phones are some examples of non-thermal radiation sources. As such these objects are considered non-hazardous to human health because they, in the minds of many regulating organizations, fall under the category of non-ionizing radiation.
The idea that non-thermal radiation may be harmful to human cells has been hotly debated by scientists from WWII to modern times.
The important question is not whether non-thermal radiation is harmful to humans. The important question is: How does non-thermal radiation harm humans? The answer, in my view, is that non-thermal radiation does exactly what thermal radiation does when humans are overexposed, it ionizes human water molecules.
Ionizing simply means that DNA, suspended in body fluid, is broken apart by the heating of the fluid that the DNA is suspended in. In short, it is an internal heat related DNA death or damage. People who are ionized have three kinds of DNA, first from mom, second from dad, and third from the ionizing source.
There is a modern test called F.I.S.H. that is performed by the NIH that can detect human ionization. This test should be provided for anyone who worked in close proximity to microwave radar systems.
Atomic veterans are assumed to be ionized due to the excessive gamma particles that bombarded them while they stood and watched detonations occur in the 1950s. Radar operators and police officers experience similar health issues as the atomic veterans.
I am going to prove that non-thermal (a.k.a. non-atomic) radiation does indeed ionize and therefore must have a biological effect on any object or living organism containing water molecules. The proof lies in the history of how microwave ovens were invented. The following quote is from Ratheon's History website, paragraph seven, page one (click the blue wording to go to the website):
"Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer discovered microwave cooking when, as he stood in front of an active magnetron, a candy bar in his pocket began to melt. Intrigued, he sent out for popcorn kernels – and they began to pop. With that, a new appliance was soon on its way."
We must ask the right questions. Why did the candy bar melt? Why did the popcorn pop? Both items were exposed to non-thermal non-atomic radiation. The answer is that the H2O molecules converted to H + OH and in the process released internal heat which altered the state of the candy bar and signaled the popcorn to pop. There was no external heat generated to make these items react.
I'll say it again, the magnetron was a non-thermal (non-atomic) external source of electromagnetic radiation that released internal heat. In addition to the candy bar melting, the water molecules inside of Percy Spencer, the human, must have also ionized and cause some degree of cell damage to him.
My point is that if electromagnetic radiation is conducted by the cochlear bone and the fluid inside of the cochlea or auditory pathway ionizes then it would be entirely possible for the heat that is released, through ionization, to damage the cilia cells causing tinnitus. This could especially happen in the use of microwave radars operating in E Band (2000-3000MHz), which is a similar frequency range to Spencer's magnetron, the source of exposure.
One way to test my theory is to place geckos in a terrarium and wait until they cling to the glass. Recreate the Percy Spencer chocolate bar incident but instead of melting a candy bar look to see if the geckos fall off of the glass when exposed to similar electromagnetic conditions. I believe that the tiny hair-like cells on the feet of geckos would react very similarly to how human cilia would react to electromagnetic stimuli (especially when exposed to the 2000-3000Mhz frequency).
There is a group of researchers at Berkeley called the Ciber group that focus on studying geckos and other animals for the development of consumer products (e.g. robots). I believe that they would be the perfect lab to conduct such a study on the electromagnetic field radiation effects on gecko hands to determine whether electromagnetic field radiation would disrupt human cilia cell signals and cause tinnitus.
I asked Ciber if the hair-like cells on gecko hands are in any way structurally similar to the hair-like cilia cells found in the human cochlea. I have not yet heard a response from them. It is not generally accepted in the scientific community that non-thermal radiation has any affect on biological systems. It takes a great deal of convincing to get an expert to take the idea seriously.
They should take the idea seriously though because, if I'm right, then future service members, military, police and radar operators can be spared the agony of a lifetime of tinnitus. I'm sure that no one took the idea of a radar magnetron melting a candy bar seriously, yet it happened and it was true. A candy bar was ionized by what we still consider today to be non-ionizing radiation. Cilia cells, in a similar way, may be ionized, die off, and never grow back.
If you are a researcher and you are interested in researching this topic further, feel free to contact me by leaving a comment with your email address.
The idea that non-thermal radiation may be harmful to human cells has been hotly debated by scientists from WWII to modern times.
The important question is not whether non-thermal radiation is harmful to humans. The important question is: How does non-thermal radiation harm humans? The answer, in my view, is that non-thermal radiation does exactly what thermal radiation does when humans are overexposed, it ionizes human water molecules.
Ionizing simply means that DNA, suspended in body fluid, is broken apart by the heating of the fluid that the DNA is suspended in. In short, it is an internal heat related DNA death or damage. People who are ionized have three kinds of DNA, first from mom, second from dad, and third from the ionizing source.
There is a modern test called F.I.S.H. that is performed by the NIH that can detect human ionization. This test should be provided for anyone who worked in close proximity to microwave radar systems.
Atomic veterans are assumed to be ionized due to the excessive gamma particles that bombarded them while they stood and watched detonations occur in the 1950s. Radar operators and police officers experience similar health issues as the atomic veterans.
I am going to prove that non-thermal (a.k.a. non-atomic) radiation does indeed ionize and therefore must have a biological effect on any object or living organism containing water molecules. The proof lies in the history of how microwave ovens were invented. The following quote is from Ratheon's History website, paragraph seven, page one (click the blue wording to go to the website):
"Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer discovered microwave cooking when, as he stood in front of an active magnetron, a candy bar in his pocket began to melt. Intrigued, he sent out for popcorn kernels – and they began to pop. With that, a new appliance was soon on its way."
We must ask the right questions. Why did the candy bar melt? Why did the popcorn pop? Both items were exposed to non-thermal non-atomic radiation. The answer is that the H2O molecules converted to H + OH and in the process released internal heat which altered the state of the candy bar and signaled the popcorn to pop. There was no external heat generated to make these items react.
I'll say it again, the magnetron was a non-thermal (non-atomic) external source of electromagnetic radiation that released internal heat. In addition to the candy bar melting, the water molecules inside of Percy Spencer, the human, must have also ionized and cause some degree of cell damage to him.
My point is that if electromagnetic radiation is conducted by the cochlear bone and the fluid inside of the cochlea or auditory pathway ionizes then it would be entirely possible for the heat that is released, through ionization, to damage the cilia cells causing tinnitus. This could especially happen in the use of microwave radars operating in E Band (2000-3000MHz), which is a similar frequency range to Spencer's magnetron, the source of exposure.
One way to test my theory is to place geckos in a terrarium and wait until they cling to the glass. Recreate the Percy Spencer chocolate bar incident but instead of melting a candy bar look to see if the geckos fall off of the glass when exposed to similar electromagnetic conditions. I believe that the tiny hair-like cells on the feet of geckos would react very similarly to how human cilia would react to electromagnetic stimuli (especially when exposed to the 2000-3000Mhz frequency).
There is a group of researchers at Berkeley called the Ciber group that focus on studying geckos and other animals for the development of consumer products (e.g. robots). I believe that they would be the perfect lab to conduct such a study on the electromagnetic field radiation effects on gecko hands to determine whether electromagnetic field radiation would disrupt human cilia cell signals and cause tinnitus.
I asked Ciber if the hair-like cells on gecko hands are in any way structurally similar to the hair-like cilia cells found in the human cochlea. I have not yet heard a response from them. It is not generally accepted in the scientific community that non-thermal radiation has any affect on biological systems. It takes a great deal of convincing to get an expert to take the idea seriously.
They should take the idea seriously though because, if I'm right, then future service members, military, police and radar operators can be spared the agony of a lifetime of tinnitus. I'm sure that no one took the idea of a radar magnetron melting a candy bar seriously, yet it happened and it was true. A candy bar was ionized by what we still consider today to be non-ionizing radiation. Cilia cells, in a similar way, may be ionized, die off, and never grow back.
If you are a researcher and you are interested in researching this topic further, feel free to contact me by leaving a comment with your email address.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Tinnitus: Ozone
Some laser printers have been identified as having possible health risks associated with the emission of ozone that can be inhaled deep into the alveoli of the lungs and enter the bloodstream. This can create all kinds of acute and chronic health issues like respiratory problems, heart problems, central nervous system issues, behavioral changes, asthma, cancer, and tinnitus. The National Institute for Health has deemed laser printers to be genotoxic (e.g. DNA killers).
As far as I know, scientific researchers have not offered any specific information about a possible link between the ozone released by some laser printers to tinnitus. My theory is that because certain drugs exist that are known to be ototoxins, it is possible that the ozone released by some laser printers are acting like ototoxic drugs once inhaled.
Most people with asthma use an inhaler. The inhaler usually immediately arrests the asthma attack. Now imagine sitting next to a laser printer that is releasing ozone particles that you are breathing. It would be like using an inhaler full of toxin for hours or like sitting next to a car exhaust.
Plug-in ionizers can also produce ozone. Never purchase an ozone ionizer if you have tinnitus, it could cause your tinnitus to flare-up or get permanently worse. Never purchase a "positive" ionizer if you have tinnitus. The National Institute for Health has determined that ozone treatment for tinnitus is not valid. A "negative" ionizer that is not ozone producing may be somewhat beneficial to human health. The problem is that the company's that sell ionizers don't often share whether the ionizer is ozone producing or positive or not, in their marketing literature. We've been marketed to believe that ions are good. It is not true. Positive ions are bad.
I believe F.G. Sulman was right to point out that ozone triggers the pineal gland to produce excess serotonin in some people leaving them with a kind of euphoric mood and may improve sleep in the short term. In the long-term breathing ozone is harmful.
Here is an example of an ozone producing ionizer:
http://www.amazon.com/AAP-50-Plug-In-Adjustable-Purifier/dp/B007Y9RBX4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1383973536&sr=8-2&keywords=Adjustable+Plug+In+Air+Purifier
Researchers, please look into this issue. If it is true, and I'm right, then there may be people suffering from tinnitus who were exposed to laser printer ozone. The patient would have had no sudden noise induced event or traumatic brain injury as the cause yet would have had long exposure to laser printer ozone.
More information:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22095199
http://www.news.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/News.woa/wa/news_item?ni=10855
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23100082
As far as I know, scientific researchers have not offered any specific information about a possible link between the ozone released by some laser printers to tinnitus. My theory is that because certain drugs exist that are known to be ototoxins, it is possible that the ozone released by some laser printers are acting like ototoxic drugs once inhaled.
Most people with asthma use an inhaler. The inhaler usually immediately arrests the asthma attack. Now imagine sitting next to a laser printer that is releasing ozone particles that you are breathing. It would be like using an inhaler full of toxin for hours or like sitting next to a car exhaust.
Plug-in ionizers can also produce ozone. Never purchase an ozone ionizer if you have tinnitus, it could cause your tinnitus to flare-up or get permanently worse. Never purchase a "positive" ionizer if you have tinnitus. The National Institute for Health has determined that ozone treatment for tinnitus is not valid. A "negative" ionizer that is not ozone producing may be somewhat beneficial to human health. The problem is that the company's that sell ionizers don't often share whether the ionizer is ozone producing or positive or not, in their marketing literature. We've been marketed to believe that ions are good. It is not true. Positive ions are bad.
I believe F.G. Sulman was right to point out that ozone triggers the pineal gland to produce excess serotonin in some people leaving them with a kind of euphoric mood and may improve sleep in the short term. In the long-term breathing ozone is harmful.
Here is an example of an ozone producing ionizer:
http://www.amazon.com/AAP-50-Plug-In-Adjustable-Purifier/dp/B007Y9RBX4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1383973536&sr=8-2&keywords=Adjustable+Plug+In+Air+Purifier
Researchers, please look into this issue. If it is true, and I'm right, then there may be people suffering from tinnitus who were exposed to laser printer ozone. The patient would have had no sudden noise induced event or traumatic brain injury as the cause yet would have had long exposure to laser printer ozone.
More information:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22095199
http://www.news.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/News.woa/wa/news_item?ni=10855
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23100082
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Tinnitus: Noise Canceling Headphones
If you are suffering from subjective tinnitus and or hyperacusis, Bose Noise Canceling 20i Headphones may help you to recover some of your quality of life. If you are avoiding movies, airplanes, trains, long car trips, sporting events, general staff meetings, wedding receptions, etc. then you may want to try these headphones. You do not even need to plug these headphones into a device. You simply press a button and the headphones quiet down annoying background noise and may prevent your tinnitus from getting worse.
You can try the headphones for 14 days if you purchase them from your local Apple store.
There's only one problem. The battery in the headphones may not last for longer than an hour and a half or so. You may want to consider purchasing a mini-usb charger to keep the headphones powered for hours.
This link will give you an idea of the type of charger that I'm talking about:
http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Instant-Charger-Includes-Universal/dp/B002FU6KF2/ref=pd_bxgy_cps_img_y
If you purchase both you may find some much needed quality of life improvement. You can go to that wedding, special event, movie, the county fair, etc. Drop me a note if this works for you.
More information:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HB764VC/A/bose-quietcomfort-20i-acoustic-noise-cancelling-headphones?fnode=3d
You can try the headphones for 14 days if you purchase them from your local Apple store.
There's only one problem. The battery in the headphones may not last for longer than an hour and a half or so. You may want to consider purchasing a mini-usb charger to keep the headphones powered for hours.
This link will give you an idea of the type of charger that I'm talking about:
http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Instant-Charger-Includes-Universal/dp/B002FU6KF2/ref=pd_bxgy_cps_img_y
If you purchase both you may find some much needed quality of life improvement. You can go to that wedding, special event, movie, the county fair, etc. Drop me a note if this works for you.
More information:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HB764VC/A/bose-quietcomfort-20i-acoustic-noise-cancelling-headphones?fnode=3d
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