{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0737","number":"0737","name":"Malynda LeRoy-Magee","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-24T04:00Z","received":"2026-09-23T04:00Z","body":"2.  In your response, please describe which perspective(s) your comments represent:\nI am an individual consumer & patient\n3. a. The type(s) of wireless technology or RF/EMF : I use mobile smartphone & wearable devices (Smart watch & Ear buds)\nb. The nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing of the reported\nexposure(s): 2021-2025\nc. The potential adverse health effects experienced. A.) Smartphone problems: 1.)  when held to my ear it increases my tinnitus so I cannot hear the person speaking on the phone. 2.) When looking at the screen the display must be set at Natural with Eye Comfort set at very warm tones and I still get headaches and blurry eyes from looking at the screen.  I must constantly look away from the screen.  B.) Smart Watch problems: When wearing it, I feel pain in the entire area of where the watch is on me.  I tried changing the arm I wore it on and I had the same pain.  C.) Ear buds: When in my ears it makes my ears hurt.  If I must wear them, I wear only one at a time because I feel the pain and get a migraine eventually.  It also increases my tinnitus issues.\nd. When potential adverse health effects first appeared relative to when exposure\nbegan and whether any changes in exposure coincided with potential adverse\nhealth effects.  A.) Smartphone: Happens every time I look at my phone for more than 30 seconds.  B.) Smart Watch: Within 5 minutes of wear pain begins.  C.) Ear buds: Within about 1 minute of wearing the pain starts with one or both, and then the becomes unbearable in about 15-30 minutes of use in the ear it is located in.  I found if using only 1 at a time I can switch ears and use for no more than 1 hour or I do get a migraine.\ne. I have mentioned to Dr's however, their answer is the same, then do not wear or use them anymore.  A.) Smartphone: Migraines, ear aches, tinnitus, & blurry eyes. B.) Smart Watch:  bone pain in hand and wrist where it is worn on. C.) Ear buds: Migraines, tinnitus & ear aches.\nf. Whether steps to reduce or eliminate exposure were taken and, if so, whether any\nsubsequent changes in potential adverse health effects were observed.  A.) Smartphone: I try to use speakerphone most of the time.  I cannot sleep with it anywhere near me while I sleep.  B.) Smart Watch: I would switch wrists and attempted timing how long it was worn and how long i could handle the pain and did not last more than an hour before taking it off. C.) Earbuds: I use only one at a time when necessary to reduce the amount of pain because it is significantly worse if ear buds are in both ears at the same time.  I also know if I use too long I will have a migraine.\n\nIf I had known of the risk of pain, tinnitus,  ear aches, eye pain, etc I would not have wasted $800 on the smart watch.  It was very upsetting to discover how negatively it would impact me and waste my money and not be able to return it.\n\nI want a smartphone with less EMF and protections against the radiation so I can use without harming my eyes, brain, and ears.\n\nIf I do not use the screen or smartphone at all my sight stops being so blurry and returns to normal. Where is our freedom of choice...the only Smartphones out there all have too much EMF making us sick.  We need to have a choice for a simpler phone with next to NO radiation.","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0737","tags":["health-experiences","sleep-cognition"],"source_hash":"7f5dddfcf2b610e48eec62d478d2bf492a5c359e0c790bac91c1ddcd3fa5b39f","slug":"health-experiences-comment-0737","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-0737","body_sha256":"792ca42bb543243216990d2388aa5dd1ab3572908e822daffc4523cc96395945","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"neurological","topics":[{"id":"neurological","evidence":"f I must wear them, I wear only one at a time because I feel the pain and get a migraine eventually.  It also increases my tinnitus issues.\nd. 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