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Microwave Auditory Effect

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The microwave auditory effect, also called the microwave hearing effect or the Frey effect, is the perception of sound produced inside a person's head by pulsed or modulated radio frequency energy, with no receiving electronic device involved. It was first reported by people working near radar transponders during the Second World War, and the American neuroscientist Allan H. Frey was the first to study and publish on the phenomenon, in 1961. Its most widely accepted explanation is thermoelastic expansion of parts of the auditory apparatus caused by the radio frequency energy, though competing theories interpret the results of holographic interferometry testing differently.

Facts
Core Claim
consists of the human perception of sounds induced by pulsed or modulated radio frequencies 1
First Described Year
1961 1
Classification
Type of Phenomenon
Perceptual Phenomenon 1
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1. Microwave auditory effect - Wikipedia
  • Intro, sentence 1
    consists of the human perception of sounds induced by pulsed or modulated radio frequencies
  • History section
    In 1961, the American neuroscientist Allan H. Frey studied this phenomenon and was the first to publish information on the nature of the microwave auditory effect
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