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Photo credit: Petar Starčević by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Maithe Chini, The Brussels Times, writes that noise can have negative effects on our health and tells her...
Photo credit: Brett Sayles by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Noise-induced auditory damage, i.e., hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis, is an occupational hazard for musicians of all sort, from rock musicians to classical musicians and whatever music...
Photo credit: @svetjekolem by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As a long-term researcher and writer on the adverse effects of noise pollution on mental and physical health...
Photo credit: Anna Shvets by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We recently covered a report from Dr. Frank Lin’s research group at Johns Hopkins University describing a relationship between atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries),as measured by the...
Photo credit: Evia Aero licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by John Stewart, vice chair, European Union Against Aircraft Nuisance There is a lot of talk about electric planes. A report from the Civil Aviation Authority in the UK suggests some short-haul flights could be using...
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As a board member of GrowNYC, I have responded to New York City neighbor noise complaints for over...
Photo credit: Ingo Joseph by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The magazine Current Affairs just published Sophie Elliot’s article "What Noise Pollution is Doing to Us." Elliot summarizes a large body of research documenting the adverse effects of noise...
Photo Credit: Mark Paton by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition My recent blog attracted an email from someone affiliated with the National Council on Aging, a nonprofit agency advocating for older Americans with service providers and policy makers. She noted...
Photo credit: Darryl Kenyon licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Fox 5 DC News reports on the pickleball noise controversy. Pickleball, for those who haven’t heard of it, is not a new sport but it is one that is gaining...