Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies New Yorkers deal with noise every day, whether it's from traffic, construction or airplanes. Over the...
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A coming epidemic of hearing loss
Photo credit: Moose Photos by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a nation-wide sample of parents with children ages 5-12 about their children's earbud and headphone use. Parents...
Quiet Communities celebrates 10 years
Photo credit: Tom Flint by Tricia Glass, Executive Director Over 80 supporters and friends gathered on March 9 at the historic Bemis Hall in Lincoln, Massachusetts, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Quiet Communities, the nonprofit founded by President Jamie...
Why we must lower the occupational noise exposure limit
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Kat Sezter, editorial associate at the Acoustical Society of America, asked that we help publicize the ASA’s latest podcast, and I’m glad to do that. I’m especially glad because it’s my first time on...
Flights contribute to noisiest cities in America rankings
Photo credit: Chait Goli by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Ranking first on any list usually leads to boasting. Even making the "top ten" in a list brings joy, but I...
Is restaurant music becoming too loud?
Photo credit: ELEVATE by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Is music in restaurants becoming too loud? No, it’s not becoming too loud. Music in restaurants has been too loud for years! But award-winning food writer Clare Finney has a wonderful essay in the...
Road noise reduction solutions coming out of Europe
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies This article from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency is focused on projects...
‘Cancelling noise’
Photo credit: Pok Rie by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Cancelling Noise" is the title of a wonderful essay in Canada’s The Globe and Mail. In the essay, Author Michael Harris describes the deleterious effects of noise pollution on humans and animals....
Mysterious noise in Florida may be linked to local fish
Photo credit: Oleksandr P by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Since 2022, residents in a South Tampa neighborhood have been hearing deep bass sounds. But for years, they...