Dear Dr.
there some effect of u/s examination if given in high frequency only on hearing & there in neurogenic effect you can read this small article written in Wikipedia encyclopedia
Ability to hear ultrasound
The upper frequency limit in humans (approximately 20 kHz) is caused by the middle ear, which acts as a low-pass filter. Ultrasonic hearing can occur if ultrasound is fed directly into the skull bone and reaches the cochlea without passing through the middle ear. Carefully-designed scientific studies have been performed supporting what the authors call the hypersonic effect — that even without consciously hearing it, high-frequency sound can have a measurable effect on the mind.[2]
It is a fact in psychoacoustics that children can hear some high-pitched sounds that older adults cannot hear, because in humans the upper limit pitch of hearing tends to become lower with age.
[3] A cell phone company has used this to create ring signals supposedly only able to be heard by younger humans;
[4] but many older people claim to be able to hear it, which is likely given the considerable variation of age-related deterioration in the upper hearing threshold.
Some animals — such as dogs, cats, dolphins, bats, and mice — have an upper frequency limit that is greater than that of the human ear and thus can hear ultrasound
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasound
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الخميس سبتمبر 03, 2009 7:24 pm
