Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition When you speak in person, you know if people are paying attention to what you are saying. If you are speaking on a Zoom meeting, that isn’t as clear. And if your write an article that is...
Article Category:
Quiet Coalition
Article Categories
Does the FAA’s aviation safety mission extend to those on the ground?
Photo credit: SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Federal Aviation Administration's mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. I recently flew to San Francisco to visit family and the airplane...
The effect of F-35 aircraft noise on young children’s brains
Photo credit: Soly Moses by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In the latest episode of Skywatch, a TV and online program that hopes to ground the F-35 training flights, Dr....
The external costs of aircraft noise
Photo credit: Sam Willis by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Union Against Aircraft Nuisances (UECNA) will be presenting a webinar on Thursday May 25 about the external costs of aircraft noise. To save anyone who might be interested in...
Scientists regenerate cochlear hair cells
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Mammals hear through a complex mechanism whereby sound pressure waves are transmitted from the tympanic membrane, or ear drum, through the small bones in the middle ear to the cochlea,...
As hearing aids change, so are their users
Photo courtesy of Nuheara by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Buffalo News reprinted a New York Times article about new hearing aids, including over-the-counter ones, and how younger adults are needing and using hearing aids rather than older adults....
Washington Post restaurant critic adds decibel levels to reviews
Photo credit: Rachel Claire by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Washington Post’s restaurant critic, Tom Sietsema, has added decibel measurements to his restaurant reviews. This is the first time I have seen an actual sound pressure level measurement in...
Once again, a violent response to noise
Photo credit: David McElwee by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Here I am writing again about noise leading to a violent act. In this case, an Oakland, California resident...
Musical expertise helps make older adults better listeners
Photo credit: Yuting Gao by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition EurekAlert! reports on a recent study in Science Advances by Chinese researchers that found long-term musical training could help mitigate and perhaps counteract speech-in-noise perception in...