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Information Technology News iPods and pacemakers don't make sweet music | iPods and pacemakers don't make sweet music |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Friday, 11 May 2007 | |
  
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However, until now there has been no known study of the effects of portable music players on therapeutic equipment. The iPod study, conducted by Assistant Professor Dr Krit Jongnarangsin and Jay Thaker, the 17 year old son of medical scientists, found that when iPods were held just 2 inches from the chest of the mainly elderly test patients, electrical interference was detected half of the time. Interference was also occasionally detected when iPods were 18 inches from the chest. Although the study only used Apple iPods, the implications for the use of other brands of portable music players by patients with implanted pacemakers would appear to be obvious. The study also raises questions as to whether regulations need to be enacted concerning the use of iPods and other portable music players in hospitals and other areas where patients with implanted pacemakers are likely to congregate.{moscomment} |
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