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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink

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European noise laws keep Sundays quiet

European noise laws keep Sundays quiet

Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Many people consider Sunday a quiet day, but there are generally no laws to support this ... until now!...

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Hearing loss and cognition in France

Hearing loss and cognition in France

Photo credit: NIC LAW by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition JAMA Network Open, the JAMA Network’s open access online journal, carried a report from France about hearing loss, hearing aids and cognition. The research was based on the CONSTANCES study, with...

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Baby red panda dies of noise stress

Baby red panda dies of noise stress

Photo credit: Ivan Cujic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In New York City, around the Fourth of July, many residents complain about illegal fireworks in their...

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Noise exposure associated with hearing loss in women

Noise exposure associated with hearing loss in women

Photo credit: Mikael Blomkvist by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Research from China, published in the open-access BMC Public Health, found that occupational noise exposure was associated with hearing loss and hypertension in female workers. We usually...

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Is it bad to listen to music all the time?

Is it bad to listen to music all the time?

Photo credit: Charlotte May by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition  Is it bad to listen to music all the time? That is the question that Hussein, a teenager from Iraq asked the Curious Kids site, and reported on the U.S. edition of The Conversation. The...

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A ‘silent revolution’ coming to California ports

A ‘silent revolution’ coming to California ports

Photo credit: Klaus by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Earlier this year, I wrote about the electrification of construction vehicles, ferries and tarmac vehicles in Norway. I didn’t think similar environmental progress would be made in the United States...

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“I am seeing a lot more interest and growing awareness about the adverse impacts of noise on health and I hope this will lead to policies that will be focused on noise abatement… Organizations such as Quiet Communities have made an impact on educating people to the dangers of noise and suggesting ways that we can reduce noise pollution.”

– Arline Bronzaft, PhD