Photo credit: Ollie Craig by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies “Light and noise pollution ‘are neglected health hazards,' say peers” is the headline of the Guardian article...
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Hearing aids may cut dementia risk in half
Photo credit: MART PRODUCTION by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to a recent CNN article that comments on a new paper in The Lancet, treatment of hearing loss with hearing aids may cut dementia risk in half (the article is open access but one...
Hearing loss is associated with fatigue in middle-aged and older adults
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The July 6, 2023, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery includes an article from Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of...
How can we reduce noise pollution in our seas?
Photo credit: Agustin Piñero by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Gabriella Sotelo’s article on Treehugger.com highlights the adverse impact of ocean noises on the lives of...
An unexpected doorway to the ear opens new possibilities for hearing restoration
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Last month, the University of Rochester reported on research done at its Center for Translational Neuromedicine and at the University of Copenhagen that may provide a new way to deliver...
Should you be wearing earplugs to concerts?
Photo credit: Wendy Wei by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Should you be wearing earplugs to concerts? That’s the question posed by Health.com writer Maggie O’Neill and the answer from both her and me is an unequivocal, “yes!” O’Neill cites a number of...
What musicians can teach us about noise and hearing loss
Photo credit: Athena by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Musicians know a lot about noise and what it does to their hearing. That’s the topic discussed in a report on CNET by writer Jessica Rendall. She reports that noise causes hearing loss...
Noise is all around us and it’s harming our health
Photo credit: Vlad Alexandru Popa by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Noise is all around us and it’s harming our health. That’s the title of a report by Isabelle Gallant at CBC News, in Canada. Gallant reviews a wide body of research about the health...
Human-made noise is disturbing forest animals
Photo credit: David Selbert by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies High Country News, a magazine that focuses on issues in the American West, recently covered research that...