Photo credit: Blausen.com staff (2014), "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014," licensed under CC BY 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Loud noise exposure, such as at a rock concert or after using a noisy appliance or power tool, causes temporary...
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Dentists at risk for noise-induced hearing loss
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition One usually doesn’t think of occupational hearing loss as a problem for professionals, just for factory workers or miners or heavy equipment operators, but it is a problem for...
Keep loud protests away from hospitals
Photo credit: GoToVan licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition People have targeted hospitals across Canada with noisy protests against government ordered pandemic public health measures, such as vaccine passports....
Is noise a reason workers resist returning to the office?
Photo credit: Nicola Barts from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Is noise rage contributing to worker resistance to returning to the office after working from home during the COVID lockdowns? This report from the National News, United Arab...
Audible ads irk NYC subway passengers
Photo credit: Pedro Plassen Lopes 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 In 1985 the Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced the Music Under...
A short course about noise
Photo credit: Gabriel Hohol from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our noise colleague, and Quiet Coalition co-founder, Arline Bronzaft, PhD, Professor Emerita at the City University of New York, will be giving a 3-session online course about noise...
NYC Transit Authority again required to report on noise
Photo credit: Peter Thoeny - Quality HDR Photography 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 New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed...
Dense plantings may help block noise
Photo credit: Jo Kassis from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from Discover discusses how plants can help absorb, diffuse, or block noise, especially road traffic noise. I didn’t know that noise actually makes leaves tremble,...
Toronto Health Board chair calls for air show ban
Photo credit: Kenan Babayiğit from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition Joe Cressy, the Chair of the Board of Health in Toronto, Canada, has called for a ban on the local annual air show. Cressy, who is also the Spadina-Fort York...