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UN says urban noise is a problem
Image: United Nations Environment Programme (2022). Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches – Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern. by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The United Nations Environmental Program has released its Frontiers 2022 report,...
Grassroots Connecticut group keeps up pressure to reduce highway noise
Photo credit: versageek licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Greenwich Time reports that local activists in Greenwich, Connecticut are trying to get local and state officials to deal with noise pollution from busy I-95 as it...
Personal sound zones in cars?
Photo credit: Hasan Gulec from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition Will future cars have individual sound zones for each passenger? Scientists are exploring an algorithm that would let each passenger listen to their own audio without...
When–and how–to protect your hearing
Photo credit: Kindel Media from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times’ Wirecutter provides sound advice about protecting your hearing, citing updated information from the CDC about safe noise levels. As the Times’ resident noise...
The New Yorker on Stop The Chop NY/NJ
Photo credit: Matthis from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Helicopter noise has long received complaints from New Yorkers, but since the start of pandemic...
Food packaging has labels. How about noise labels?
Photo by Daniel Fink, MD by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Economists say that an informed consumer is a better consumer although it turns out that most consumers do a bad job of making what would appear to be rational decisions. A whole new field,...
Canadian judge silences “The Honkening”
Photo credit: Will Prentice licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition Imagine at the end of January, a convoy of honking trucks drove in and parked near your neighborhood homes, businesses, and public spaces. This...
European Commission begins train noise monitoring project
Photo credit: Nguyen Tran from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Railtech.com reports that as part of the Noise and Emissions Monitoring and Radical Mitigation...
Mild brain injuries and sound processing
This image by NIH Image Gallery is in the public domain by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition A Short Wave podcast at NPR highlights how even mild concussions or brain injuries can change how a person processes sound. These auditory problems...
Hearing loss still the butt of jokes
Photo credit: Neil Moralee licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Dr. Daniel Fink has raised the question about whether hearing loss is an...
The quiet revolution is here
Photo credit: Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As those who follow this blog may remember, when I’m not writing about noise issues I’m working as a home handyman fixing things. Ah, the joys of home ownership. On this week’s journey to a...
Meet Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane
Photo courtesy of Eviation by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN reports that Alice, the world’s first all-electric passenger airplane, went through engine testing and may be making test flights in a few weeks. Electric airplanes are the holy grail of...