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In article <11014@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
 >In article <2267@mind.UUCP> dean@mind.UUCP (Dean Radin) writes:
  >>... Does
  >>anyone know of articles on this phenomenon, particularly on
  >>the physics of how electrolytes and metals in someone's 
  >>mouth might lead to the hearing of rf broadcasts, or even 
  >>whether this is a genuine phenomenon?

 >I know of no decent references, but it is certainly plausible.  As
 >anyone who has built a `crystal radio' knows, all you need to receive
 >AM broadcasts is an antenna, a diode, and a speaker.  The antenna can
 >be practically nonexistent if you live next to the station.  Metals in
 >mild acids form oxide layers which can act as diodes; the metal itself
 >could serve both as antenna and as speaker.  Saliva (or lemon juice :-) )
 >provides the acid.

 >All in all, it seems unlikely but not impossible....

I have a cousin that experienced this.  She had a loose filling and
when she laid on her bed would her music.  She was starting to think
she was going crazy when she caught the station id.  It wasn't until
after visiting the dentist that she realized the cause.

Hal Chambers