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Photo credit: Washington State Dept of Transportation 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 It has been over 40 years since I conducted my two...
Photo credit: William Warby licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from Engadget tells us that Amazon is continuing work on its Prime Air delivery drone. The new version is lighter, sleeker, can fly farther, and is also...
Photo credit: ILOVESwitzerland by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to this report on Le News, Switzerland is set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers. Well, actually penalties for drivers of noisy vehicles, including cars and...
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That noisy neighbors are “the most annoying sound to deal with” is no surprise to me. In my position as...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Sound is powerful. When focused, it can destroy tumors. Sound can entertain us, but it can also annoy us. It can cause noise-induced hearing loss, and also has non-auditory health effects. CNN’s Dr....
Photo credit: RODNAE Productions by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Knowing that the readers of the Quiet Coalition are concerned about the adverse impacts of noise on...
Photo credit: Ketut Subiyanto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I developed hyperacusis, a sensitivity to noise that doesn’t bother others, and tinnitus, a ringing in the ears, after a one-time exposure to loud noise 15 years ago on New Year’s Eve. My...
Photo credit: Daan Stevens by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN has reported that German authorities in Mannheim arrested a woman after she allegedly switched off another hospital patient’s oxygen machine because it was too noisy. That patient had to be...
Photo credit: Douglas Pfeiffer Cardoso 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 John Beausang and Yvonne Rayne, Cork City’s Citizens Information...