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A quiet urban hotel
Photo credit: Patrick Pelster licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition My wife and I went to Palm Springs, California for a wedding recently. My wife knows that noise bothers me, so she requested a quiet room. She told me the...
Law to abate helicopter noise exist, but gains are few
Photo credit: Cameron Casey by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of this site who are familiar with attempts to reduce helicopter noise, especially those who are...
A causal mechanism explaining how noise causes dementia?
Photo credit: Kindel Media by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In 2020 Weuve et al. reported an association between community noise exposure and cognitive impairment including dementia. The paper didn’t state that noise caused dementia, only that there was...
Ottawa parents complain about loud noise near school
Photo credit: Washington State Dept of Transportation licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies It has been over 40 years since I conducted my two...
Amazon’s redesigned prime air delivery drone can fly farther and quieter
Photo credit: William Warby licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from Engadget tells us that Amazon is continuing work on its Prime Air delivery drone. The new version is lighter, sleeker, can fly farther, and is also...
Switzerland set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers
Photo credit: ILOVESwitzerland by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to this report on Le News, Switzerland is set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers. Well, actually penalties for drivers of noisy vehicles, including cars and...
Neighbor noise is most annoying
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 That noisy neighbors are “the most annoying sound to deal with” is no surprise to me. In my position as...
The power of sound
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Sound is powerful. When focused, it can destroy tumors. Sound can entertain us, but it can also annoy us. It can cause noise-induced hearing loss, and also has non-auditory health effects. CNN’s Dr....