Photo credit: Matthis Volquardsen from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Melissa Elstein, Board of Directors, Stop the Chop NY/NJ A recent article by Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, examines New York...
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Protect your children’s hearing
Photo credit: IXQUICK licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This health column from the University of Kentucky communications office discusses protecting children’s hearing. They chose this topic because May is Better Hearing...
Just how loud will the cicadas be?
Photo credit: Martha Nelson licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In many parts of the country, everyone is waiting for the emergence of Brood X cicadas. Cicadas have adopted an interesting survival strategy: They develop...
Hearing loss crisis among musicians
by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist A recent article about the hearing loss crisis among musicians reports hearing loss as every musician’s worst nightmare and as devastating for a musician as losing a hand. Many professional musicians have permanent hearing problems...
Loud motorcycles ignored by NYC cops
Photo credit: Nicolas Mirguet licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Since last spring, I have been working with two community groups in Inwood/Washington Heights who are complaining...
Worst noise ever
Photo credit: Rob Knight licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist What is the worst noise or noises for you? Mine range from opera to loud aircraft flying over my house. But the consensus on social media is that the iPhone alarm is the worst...
NYPD agrees to limit use of LRADs
Photo credit: http://www.peterbergin.com/coppermine/ licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In an earlier post, I had reported about a court ruling that allowed the plaintiffs in a New...
NJ towns ban leaf blowers
Photo credit: Timothy Valentine licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition There’s an old adage that every cloud has a silver lining, but I’ve always been skeptical about that. For example, I don’t think there is really any silver...
Add noise to quiet cars? What’s the point?
Photo credit: Mike from Pexels by David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, The Quiet Coalition As Time Magazine notes, there’s frenzied excitement among electric vehicle manufacturers about branding their "signature sound." Think Ford Mustang, Porsche, and don’t forget Harley...