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What musicians need to know about ear protection
Photo credit: Ludwig Kwan by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition That’s the title of this piece by freelance writer Madeleine Burry on HealthyHearing.com, which appears to be sponsored by the Oticon hearing aid company. I might change the title to “What the...
North Somerset Aims to be the UK’s first “low noise firework county”
Photo credit: Belinda Schindler by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Amid growing evidence that fireworks severely stress wild animals and pets, a pet owner in North Somerset is trying to make her county the UK’s first “low noise firework county.” According...
How to prevent hearing loss while wearing headphones?
Photo credit: Sound On by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of the Health Digest article is “How to prevent hearing loss while wearing headphones” without the question mark. I had to add the question mark, though, because trying to prevent hearing...
Americans can now buy hearing aids over the counter
Photo credit: Nicolas Sadoc licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition From October 17, Americans can now buy hearing aids without seeing an audiologist, otolaryngologist, or hearing aid dispenser. Five years after Congress passed a...
No simple solutions for a complex problem
Photo credit: Q K from Pixabay by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition When a reader sent a question about sound to The Conversation’s Curious Kids column, editors turned to environmental epidemiologist Erica D. Walker, PhD, to serve as an expert....
Scientists identify proteins that restore hearing
Photo credit: Oregon State University licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified a unique set of proteins that restore hearing. Unfortunately, the proteins were discovered...
Taking a short break
Photo credit: Frank Cone See you on Monday, October 31st. Hope you have a peaceful and quiet week.
New England Botanic Garden 1st to receive AGZA Green Zone® certification
Photo credit: Massachusetts Office Of Travel & Tourism licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, a nationally recognized botanic garden, will be the first botanic garden in the nation...
On the potential stress caused by flying cars
Photo credit: Eslivb licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies It was indeed interesting to read that Professor Susumu Hara of Nagoya University in...
Walking more or faster might prevent dementia
Photo credit: Daniel Frese by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Why am I writing about preventing dementia on a blog site dedicated to noise? Please let me explain. Dementia is common in older people, increasing with age. It is something everyone fears. And...
How to reduce aircraft noise
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Mohamed Anas Maaz, writing in Simple Flying, states “aircraft noise has been of the biggest concerns for...
Finding your quiet space
Photo credit: Anthony by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Finding Your Quiet Space is the title of this episode of CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD’s, podcast, Chasing Life. In it, Dr. Gupta interviews pioneering acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton...