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Starbucks is designing quieter stores
Photo credit: Suzy Hazelwood by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When you read posts about restaurants on this blog, the focus is generally on diners who complain about...
Restaurants for and by the deaf
Photo credit: Lawrence Suzara by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Two recent news stories about restaurants in Osaka, Japan,* and close to home in Los Angeles, California, caught my eye. In Osaka, a new cafe, Shojo, opened that is an entirely silent space;...
Compound AC102 shows promise in restoring hearing
Photo credit: Chokniti Khongchum by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A report in The Hearing Review discusses research done in Germany demonstrating that a new compound may reverse noise-induced hearing loss. The small-molecule compound was developed to...
Planned announcements are making airports less noisy
Photo credit: Brücke-Osteuropa, licensed under CC 1.0 DEED by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies So good to read that the Frankfurt Airport has shown an interest in a...
The moment a baby hears for the first time
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies How painful it must have been for the parents of Albie Collins to have learned that their child had moderate...
Rock concert-goers: insert ear plugs!
Photo credit: Edoardo Tommasini by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A Tik-Tok famous general practitioner in Singapore is advising concertgoers to wear earplugs and use sunscreen. I don’t follow social media at all, but I’m glad to know that there’s useful...
Arline Bronzaft on International Noise Awareness Day (INAD)
Photo credit: GEORGE DESIPRIS by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition’s Arline Bronzaft, professor emerita at City University of New York, wrote about the history of International Noise Awareness Day (INAD) on the occasion of its 29th...
Air pollution is bad for your brain
Photo credit: Muneeb Babar by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As an JAMA subscriber, I get an email almost every morning titled "AMA Morning Rounds." I don’t think I would have found this open-access article if I didn’t get Morning Rounds, but I’m glad I...
Today is Earth Day
Photo credit: Scott Webb by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Today is Earth Day. This year’s theme, "Planet vs. Plastics," isn’t particularly relevant to noise but the idea of protecting the environment by working towards a quieter world is an ecologically...
Discordant horn sounds can affect driver safety
Photo credit: Mike Bird by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In a recent News Tribune "Rules of the Road" column, a reader asked if using a horn to signify that a car is locked is considered misuse of vehicle safety equipment. The reader described...
Are you noise sensitive?
Photo credit: Elevate Digital by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition “Are you noise sensitive? Here’s how to tell.” That’s a good question, and the title of an article in WIRED magazine. Writer Amy Paturel starts her article with a sound (pun intended!)...
Kansas Supreme Court rules in favor of loud protestor
Photo credit: Amine M'siouri by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As someone who has participated in marches and demonstrations across New York City, especially years ago...