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Photo credit: Liza Summer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Swiss researchers looking into the impact of environmental factors on mental health have found that...
Photo credit: Hear hear! licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this post is also the title of an informative article in the current issue of Acoustics Today, a publication of the Acoustical Society of America. I’m...
Photo credit: Anna Shvets by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This interesting essay on Medpagetoday discusses something we have recently covered , the possible effect of hearing loss on developing dementia. The author is Shannon Halloway, RN, PhD, who does...
Photo credit: Koopasteve licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies It is understood that aircraft noise, including the noise from military jets,...
Photo credit: Thirdman by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Prevention reports on a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology linking road traffic noise exposure to high blood pressure. The association of noise exposure to hypertension is...
Photo credit: John O'Neill licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Judy Ellis I have lived in Florida for over 40 years. The three main sources of noise I have noticed living in St. Petersburg are “boom cars,” loud parties, and downtown bars and restaurants disturbing nearby...
This photo is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, recently treated for a stroke and depression, was fitted with hearing aids due to sensorineural hearing loss. The...
Image courtesy of the American Public Health Association by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Each year the American Public Health Association sponsors National Public Health Week, this year from April 3-9. Public health deals with the health of populations,...
Photo credit: Eva Bronzini by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Apparently, humans and animals are not the only living things that make sounds. Katie Hunt, CNN SPACE+...