This maybe is a bit left field or nuances of paranoia but around 10 years ago, and being left handed, I used to use my right ear to use my mobile. After around a year I noticed my hearing was getting worse in the right ear.
I went to see an ENT surgeon and he told me I had Oterclerosis, a softening of the bones in my inner ear.
I had a operation to replace this bone with a platinum piston. This op was a complete success and my hearing returned to me better than before in that ear, however during my recovery, I stared to use my left ear for my mobile.
A year later I noticed a reduction of hearing in my left ear and had the same op in this ear.
I also have a few sinus problems which I had another op to relieve the pressure.
Anyway since then all has been good, however looking back over the last 6 years, I started to feel a slight pain in my left forehead, where I later found my AVM was seated, whenever I had a good belly laugh. I didn't take much notice of this until a couple of months ago I had my AVM diagnosed.
I use mobile phones all the time with work which has increased over the last 10 years which coincides with all these problems I have been encountering.
Can mobile phone use aggravate an AVM or cause it to grow. I understand that AVM's are congenital so the mobile phone wouldn't have caused it, but it makes you think????
I only use my mobile now on speaker or hands free and never near my head.
Since the advent of smart phones, I wonder if these require more microwaves to operate efficiently.
Spooky stuff.