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An update on London’s noise camera program
Photo credit: Loco Steve licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies This article by Nicholas Hellen in London Sunday Times is an update on the...
A natural experiment about aircraft noise
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Brittanica website defines a natural experiment as an: [O]bservational study in which an event or a situation that allows for the random or seemingly random assignment of study subjects to different groups is...
Maryland legislative initiative to include citizen stakeholders in airport governance
Photo credit: Ken Lund licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Mary Reese, Annapolis representative to the DC Metroplex BWI Community Roundtable Legislation is being considered by the Maryland General Assembly (MGA) that would create an independent, community-led body with a...
Drone delivery lands in Los Angeles
Photo credit: HadasBandel licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Los Angeles Jewish Journal reports that a local restaurant, Lenny’s Casita, has started using drone delivery in conjunction with a startup company, Flyby....
Military jets make too much noise
Photo credit: AvgeekJoe licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Nina Berman is journalism professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism who spent the 2020-2021 academic year as a Knight Science Journalism...
Dispute over noise takes a murderous turn
Photo credit: kat wilcox from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies GrowNYC is a city environmental organization, with a Board appointed by the Mayor of New York,...
Hearing tech targets “cocktail party noise problem”
Photo credit: cottonbro from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The UK’s Eureka magazine reports that a new device is targeting the cocktail party noise problem. What is the cocktail party noise problem? Also known as the Lombard Effect, after...
Pandemic brought an onslaught of small planes to rural NY
Photo credit: Scott 97006 licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The pandemic has changed behaviors in several ways. For example, people are now...
Acoustic assault leaves tinnitus
Photo credit: MondoPhoto licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition The Canadian national media are paying attention to tinnitus reported by some Ottawa residents after being exposed to weeks of noisy truck honking...
Hearing Health Foundation launches video for World Hearing Day
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our friends at Hearing Health Foundation let us know that in celebration of World Hearing Day yesterday they launched a new 60-second video about the risks of hearing loss from noise exposure, with advice about how to...
March 3 is World Hearing Day
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition March 3 is World Hearing Day. For several years now, the World Health Organization has celebrated World Hearing Day, each year with a special theme. This year’s theme is one near and dear to my heart: Prevention of...
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl opens up about hearing loss
Photo credit: Facundo Gaisler licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies On a recent Howard Stern Show, Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl said that...