Photo credit: Liza Summer by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The BBC reports on a study done by researchers at King’s College London and the University of Oxford showing that about 1 in 5 people in the UK suffer from misophonia. What is misophonia? It is a...
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Noise complaints take deadly turn
Photo credit: Kat Wilcox by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The Quiet Coalition readers are well aware of the harmful effects of noise on our mental and physical health....
Loud noises are bad for your health
Photo credit: Ketut Subiyanto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Healthline has an excellent article about the dangers of noise for health. In addition to causing hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis, loud noise has non-auditory health effects,...
Zebrafish may help unlock the genetics of human deafness
Photo credit: Oregon State University licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in the current issue of Acoustics Today, a publication of the Acoustical Society of America, discusses how the zebrafish, a freshwater minnow...
Noise compels nuns to move out of Brooklyn
Photo credit: Marqués de la Force licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As I say often, noise does not discriminate-–it can affect everyone:...
Cognitive functioning improves after cochlear implant in older adults
Photo credit: Yahoo Accessibility Lab licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition MedPage Today reports on an important new paper in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery showing that cognitive function improved after cochlear...
Noise pollution may cause forest to stop growing
Photo credit: Joel Deluxe licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Human-made noises do not discriminate-–noise harms the health of other humans as...
LEGOLAND parks becoming more autism-friendly
Photo credit: Coolcaesar licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition USA Today reports that LEGOLAND parks are becoming more autism-friendly. According to the report, by the end of March 2023, all three LEGOLAND parks in the United...
Is pickleball louder than tennis?
Photo credit: OvertAnalyzer licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We have covered multiple reports of neighbor complaints about noise from pickleball courts, with many of the reports noting that when the same courts were used for...