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The commenter quotes a review of mobile-phone use among children and adolescents covering visual, hearing, neurological and psychological outcomes, including differing findings about stress.
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"Impact of Mobile Phone Usage on Some Health Aspects of Children
and Adolescents: Evidence Based Review Article"
"Eye health
Repeated use of the mobile phone for long periods of time harms the
visual system of the eye in different ways where it can cause eye tumor
due to the high temperature of the eye due to exposure to
electromagnetic radiation and close these radiation from the lens of
the eye increases the probability of eye exposure to cataract disease
later [8]. Bansal and Mahajan, 2018 found in a study of 450 Indian
children under 15 years of age in the pediatric department at the
teaching for tertiary care that more than one third of them ( 35.7%)
were suffering from eye symptoms including eye strain and eye
watering (8). In another recent study, which included 177 Saudi
students studying at a middle school in the city of Riyadh, their ages
ranged 12 to 116 years old, found that using the smartphone for more
than 28 hours a week causes visual disturbance [9].
Ear problem
Increase the temperature in the ear lobes by approximately 10 degrees
Celsius may cause auditory disturbances when using the mobile for a
period of 20 minutes continuously and for longer periods because the
radiation emitted from the mobile may cause damage to the sensitive
parts of the inner ear, as well as people who use phones including
children for 2-3 hours a day and for a period of 3-5 years may be
exposed to the occurrence of partial deafness and even may eventually
exposed to ear tumor or permanent hearing [8].
Neurological effects
Neurologically, the microwave radiation emitted from mobile phones
through the Wi-Fi device is mostly affects the head region [10]. In a
study carried out by Cerutti R, et al (2016) they revealed that exposure
the adolescents to some harmful effects like headache attacks and
other somatic problems as result to excessive use of mobile devices [11].
And exposure to headache was significantly associated with mobile
phone use among Twainish children in another study published in 2015
[6]. Recently, Jo Fowler and Jan Noyes, found that the children aged 11-
14 years in south west of England at risk of muscular skeletal problems
due to mobile use [4].
Psychiatric effects
In a recent study conducted in South Korea by Seong-Soo Cha and Bo-
Kyung Seo revealed that the lethargy and depression were more in risk
group (excessive mobile users) than the normal user group, and these
findings were tendency to significant difference [12]. But in another
study carried out on a group of Japanese young people aged 15-19
years, it revealed that the use of mobile phone for social networking
services, and conversation with others for two hours or more is
significantly linked to a high risk rate with depression [13]. Some studies
indicate that there is a correlation between the use of mobile phones
and stress, some of which negate this as it is difficult to interpret and
summarize the relationship between them [14]. Some researchers have
proven that mobile use causes increased stress and others have proven
the opposite [14]. In a study conducted on a group of high school
respondents, their mean age was 11.97 years [15]. The reason for this
may be that Children may experience various biological and
psychological changes during their lifetime for a daily period [15]. As for
the correlation between exposure to anxiety and the use of mobile
phones, two recent studies proved to have been set forth investigating
by Elhai, et al and another by Nassehi, et al [14]. They proved that there
is an important correlation between the occurrence of anxiety and the
use of mobile phones."
Sleep problems and brain tumor info was also mentioned in the article. But they take up more space than I have here.
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