Answer 1:
I don't know if there are any verified cases of
people receiving radio signals through metal
plates or braces. I looked on the web, but most
of what I saw didn't look very credible. A
radio receiver can be very simple. In order to
receive AM radio you must have four things: an
antenna, a rectifier, a filter, and a speaker. I
imagine it is possible that these could occur
accidentally near a metal implant. One scenario
might be that your bones or circulatory system are
good enough conductors to act as an antenna, which
gets coupled to the metal implant by way of a
semiconductive coating or tissue. The metal
implant might then vibrate slightly in response
to the signal and create sound. The
resulting sound would be very quiet. Probably
only audible to the person with the metal implant,
and only if the implant were close to their
ear. Further, you would not be able to choose a
'station'. Instead, you would most likely receive
whatever signals were loudest within some band of
frequencies. I found an interesting article
about crystal radio sets on the web which shows
some very simple radio designs. It seems possible
that something like this could happen by
accident.
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Answer 3:
I have heard that there have been documented cases
of people receiving radio transmissions through
the fillings in their teeth. I am not sure exactly
what this sounds like, i.e., it's not like you
hear music through your fillings, but there is
probably more information out there somewhere. If
you have access to a web browser you might do some
more searching and you'll probably come across
some more descriptive answers to you
question.
I did a quick search on
google.com (using the following search parameters:
+radio waves + fillings) and I found a couple of
interesting web sites that address this
phenomenon.
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF4/473.html
http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/forum/HearingDisordersF/RadioSignalsThroughFilling.htm
How
exactly do you think this could happen at all?
Think about what radio waves are and why metal
would be affected by them.
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