Photo credit: Alexandra May by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The Quiet Coalition blog has cited many articles that deal with the adverse effects of aircraft noise on...
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Hidden hearing loss is real. Here’s what you need to know
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition ABC 7 news in Los Angeles recently covered the topic of hidden hearing loss. I was thrilled to see this, as most members of the public, even many primary care physicians, don’t know about...
Will noise cameras protect all New Yorkers?
Photo credit: Kelly by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As the New York City Council debates extending its pilot project of installing noise cameras to detect loud...
Bias and humility
Photo credit: Keith Wako by John Drinkwater, JD, MBA, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition The Hearing Journal just released my article “The Other Side of Disability Access,” which expands on the issues covered in my recent blog of the same title. The article covers the...
October is National Protect Your Hearing Month
Photo credit: jonas mohamadi by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Kentucky's State-Journal reminds us that October is National Protect Your Hearing Month. As the article notes, hearing is an under-appreciated sense but hearing loss is quite common among both...
The magic of forest baths
Photo credit: Rachel Claire by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While we may have written more posts about the hazards of noise to our health and well-being, we have also...
EV sales are soaring
Photo credit: Kindel Media by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Brian Stewart from Electrify Now, a website that provides information on electrification of homes, businesses and cars, reports that electric vehicle (EV)...
Coalition rallies in Boston to stop private jet hanger expansion
Photo credit: Christopher Eliot by Christopher Eliot Protesters organized by Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere held a peaceful gathering outside the Massachusetts State House on Oct. 2. Sen. Michael Barrett gave an overview of the attempts to stop the...
Composer Antonin Dvorak was inspired by quiet
Photo credit: Internet Archive Book Images, licensed under Flickr Commons by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I like classical music. I’ve attended concerts since I was a child, and continue to do so. In the car, I listen either to the news on NPR or to Los...