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Headphones: hinder pacemakers

Headphones: hinder pacemakers

U.S. researchers said: headphones (used in mp3 player or ipod or earphone) interfere with heart pacemakers. Strong little magnets inside the headphones can foul up the devices if placed within 1.2 inches of them.

An implantable cardioverter defibrillator signals the heart to normalize its rhythm if it gets too fast or slow. A magnet could de-activate it, making it ignore an abnormal heart rhythm instead of delivering an electrical shock to normalize it. The devices usually go back to working the right way after the headphones are removed, the researchers said.


The headphones interfered with the heart devices in about a quarter of the patients 14 of the 60 and interference was twice as likely in those with a defibrillator than with a pacemaker. Another study showed that cellular phones, earphones, Bluetooth etc are also make tremendous affect, its better to short our conversation, its seen that long time conversation may effect in brain and even our heart beat. Most of the headphones had magnetic field strengths more than 20 times higher than the threshold for interfering with pacemakers or defibrillators.


So people aware of their heart and should not place the headphones in a shirt pocket or coat pocket near the chest or try to avoid magnet device near to the ear. A better life will not last long if any precaution is not taken. Life is gift, make the best use of it.

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