Radio heard through teeth fillings, small update

In this 1991 column, “Is it possible to hear radio broadcasts through your teeth?”, the Master notes that while there is some evidence that radio broadcasts can on occasion be picked up by teeth fillings, “The whole business deserves more thorough investigation than it apparently got.”

A possible appendage to the article relates Lucille Ball’s reported WWII experiences with the phenomenon.

In the interests of advancing a more thorough investigation, I will note the skeptic James Randi’s take on the matter, from today’s column.

Emphasis added. That a third party could listen to the erzatz radio was a new one to me. At the same time, it is not clear whether Mr. Randi is inadvertantly relating a UL or whether he has more direct experience with the phenomenon in question.

Since this is a comment on one of Cecil’s columns and not a Staff Report, I’ll move this to the appropriate forum.

ibliop: slayer of threads.

Emphasis removed.

I’d think that it would have to be possible for a third party to listen to the ersatz radio for Randi to talk about it. If the dental radio isn’t creating sound that is being conducted to the wearer though the bones (and to the outside listener through the air), then it would imply that the dental work is somehow beaming the thought of sound into the wearers brain. That would rightly invoke his (and our) charachterstic skepticism.

…OK, I heard a cell phone ringing while hiking in an isolated part of Mexico. It has bothered me but, now I KNOW! It’s in the teeth.
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