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Progress in fight against hospital noise
Hospital noise is not conducive to healing. Learn how 500 professionals have spent the last twelve years working to reduce noise in America’s hospitals and healthcare facilities.
Noise isn’t just a city problem — Leaf blowers are a major issue for towns
Noise isn’t just a city problem. Read about the scourge of the suburbs–leaf blowers–and what some communities are doing to rein them in.
Buying a house? First check out this noise map.
Buying or renting a place soon? Make sure you listen up before you sign the bottom line, as a new noise map shows what you’ll hear in your new neighborhood.
Geneva then Zurich. Wait, WHO said What? Where?
The Quiet Coalition’s founding members have been very busy. Find out why Daniel Fink, MD, and Rick Neitzel, PhD, are traveling to Geneva and Zurich this year.
Can Subway Noise Damage Your Hearing?
Can Subway Noise Damage Your Hearing? The short answer is yes, and subway station design influences the noise level.
Imagine flying from New York to London in only three hours–and in silence.
Imagine flying to New York to London in 3 hours and in silence. NASA is working to make your dream come true with a “quiet” supersonic jet.
A victory for residents living near NYC’s LaGuardia Airport.
A victory for residents living near NYC’s LaGuardia Airport: Delta Air Lines has replaced noiser aircraft with quieter replacements!
Hearing loss may double in the U.S. by 2060
Researchers estimate hearing loss may double in the U.S. by 2060. Their study is a wake-up call to the medical and audiology professions and the public.
What’s the difference between noise and sound?
What’s the difference between noise and sound? A new study tells us that the brain understands sound but is disrupted by noise.
Will the Supreme Court take on airport noise?
Will the Supreme Court take on noise? East Hampton files certiorari petition to defend its right to control aviation noise at its airport.
Huffington Post weighs in on the noise debate
Huffiington Post addresses noise pollution, an insidious health threat that is starting to get peoples’ attention. Read this thoughful piece, which features comments from three TQC founding members.
Civil Disobedience, Anyone? Walden Becomes A Video Game
David Sykes, The Quiet Coalition’s vice-chair, muses about Walden, the video game, and how trying times draw us to stillness and tranquility.