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Orthopedic surgeons risk noise-induced hearing loss in the OR
Photo credit: Anna Shvets by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I was surprised by this article on Healio reporting that orthopedic surgeons risk noise-induced hearing loss in the operating room, but then smiled to myself as I realized I shouldn’t have been...
What you need to know about World Hearing Day 2023
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition On December 7, the World Health Organization will sponsor a webinar about World Hearing Day 2023. Each year WHO selects a theme for World Hearing Day, which occurs on March 3 every year. This year’s theme is “Ear and...
Hearing birds makes us feel better
Photo credit: David Cossey by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies During the pandemic, I wrote a number of posts on articles that noted how pleased many people were to hear...
Building a library of obsolete sounds
Photo credit: Dzenina Lukac by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Cities and Memory has announced the launch of Obsolete Sounds, the biggest-ever collection of obsolete and disappearing sounds of the world. As Cities and Memory notes, “[o]bsolete Sounds is...
Enjoy the holiday break
Photo credit: We are taking the week off. Have a peaceful and joyous holiday. See you on January 3rd!
A gift idea for the holidays: hearing protection devices
Photo credit: Kasra Askari by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The idea for this blog post came from the juxtaposition of a recent family wedding where the music after dinner was far too loud, and the Black Friday sales starting the holiday shopping season....
Aviation noise–let’s talk about what can be done
Photo credit: 周 康 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Union Against Aircraft Nuisances (UECNA) is sponsoring another webinar about aviation noise, this time a conversation between panelists and participants. I won’t be able to attend because I...
Have a peaceful Thanksgiving
Photo credit: Darek Duchiewicz Have a joyous and peaceful Thanksgiving! We are taking a short break. See you on Monday.
Five ways to get high noise level alerts on your smartphone
Photo credit: PhotoMIX Company by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article on GadgetsToUse discusses how to get high noise level alerts on a smartphone. It turns out that there are several ways to do this, whether you have an iPhone or an Android. And...
Rep. Beyer’s airplane noise act passed
Photo credit: Alex Azabache by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies This article tells us that Representative Dan Beyer’s Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act was included in a...
What can you do about big city noise pollution?
Photo credit: Jose Francisco Fernandez Saura by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article onVurb Wellness discusses what you can do about noise pollution. Unsurprisngly, the Quiet Coalition’s Arline Bronzaft, PhD, is cited in the first sentence of the...
More than 1 billion young people at risk of hearing loss
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A new study confirms what the World Health Organization has been saying for some years now: more than 1 billion young people could be at risk of noise-induced hearing loss because of...