Photo credit: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies New research from Colorado State University links urban noise pollution to the historical practice...
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Estrogen may help protect against hearing loss
Photo credit: Fox by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Research out of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shows that estrogen may help protect against hearing loss. Here’s a link to the research article for those who want to read it. It has long...
Australian police fine noisy motorists
Photo credit: Levent Simsek by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Authorities in Victoria, Australia, are concerned about the impact of noise on our well-being. To this end,...
Loss of auditory fibers discovered in individuals with tinnitus
Photo credit: Hasan Albari by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Eureka Reports, the online news publication of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, reported that researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary discovered a loss of...
Mass shooting in Maine affects deaf community
The downtown area of Lewiston, Maine. Photo credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine on Oct. 25 left 18 people dead, and had a disproportionate effect on Maine’s...
Dutch government scraps plans to reduce flights from Schiphol Airport
Photo credit: Daniele Napolitano, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In an earlier post, I informed readers that Schiphol Airport in...
The real costs of road traffic
Photo credit: Alex Pham by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In an article on The Atlantic’s "Work in Progress" series, writer Annie Lowery advises readers, "don't to drive into Manhattan." In her discussion of coming congestion pricing for motorists wanting...
Research shows that oceans will be five times louder in 2100
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Here is another study that not only highlights how noisy the oceans are now but also predicts that they...
Hearing aids may cut the risk of falls
Photo credit: KAYYY B by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to a recent report on NPR, wearing hearing aids may cut the risk of falls. It has been known for some time that falls are associated with hearing loss for older adults. The explanations for...