Presentation 2016-04-21
Review of Microwave Auditory Effect
Makoto Koike,
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Abstract(in English) It is common to believe that we can hear sound but that we cannot hear radio-frequency. Contrary to such common prejudice and misunderstanding, numerous research papers have been reported that pulse-modulated microwave induces hearing sensation. Herein I review papers on microwave auditory effect that pulsed microwave induces hearing sensation. With regard to the physiological mechanisms to induce the hearing sensation, the head acts as an acoustic transducer to convert the pulsed microwave into an acoustic wave, which propagates in the head tissue. The cochlear in the inner ear converts the acoustic wave into the impulse, which transmits in the auditory nerve to the auditory cortex.
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Keyword(in English) microwave / pulse / auditory sensation / physiological mechanism / thermoacoustic wave / bioeffect / microwave auditory effect
Paper # WPT2016-8,MW2016-8
Date of Issue 2016-04-14 (WPT, MW)

Conference Information
Committee MW / WPT
Conference Date 2016/4/21(1days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Wireless Power Transfer / Microwave Technologies
Chair Yohei Ishikawa(Kyoto Univ.) / Naoki Shinohara(Kyoto Univ.)
Vice Chair Masashi Nakatsugawa(NTT) / Takao Kuki(Kokushikan Univ.) / Kenjiro Nishikawa(Kagoshima Univ.)
Secretary Masashi Nakatsugawa(NTT) / Takao Kuki(Panasonic) / Kenjiro Nishikawa(Kagoshima Univ.) / (Toyohashi Univ. of Tech.)
Assistant Ryo Ishikawa(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Naoto Sekiya(Univ. of Yamanashi) / Takashi Hikagae(Hokkaido Univ.) / Tsunayuki Yamamoto(Yamaguchi Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Microwaves / Technical Committee on Wireless Power Transfer
Language JPN
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Title (in English) Review of Microwave Auditory Effect
Sub Title (in English) Rediscovery of Radiofrequency Hearing Phenomenon
Keyword(1) microwave
Keyword(2) pulse
Keyword(3) auditory sensation
Keyword(4) physiological mechanism
Keyword(5) thermoacoustic wave
Keyword(6) bioeffect
Keyword(7) microwave auditory effect
1st Author's Name Makoto Koike
1st Author's Affiliation Makoto Koike Microwave Research Institute(MK Microwave Research)
Date 2016-04-21
Paper # WPT2016-8,MW2016-8
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) WPT-12,MW-13
Page pp.pp.39-44(WPT), pp.39-44(MW),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2016-04-14 (WPT, MW)