Photo credit: tom balabaud from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Tom DiVenti in his article “Disturbing the Peace” bemoans that our noisy world prevents people...
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Audiologist uses Tik-Tok to promote hearing health
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on Entrepreneur.com discusses Baltimore audiologist Dr. Emily Taylor. Dr. Taylor became a Tik-Tok star with her catchy nom de plume, Dr Ear Wax, and uses Tik-Tok...
NYC pilot testing noise cameras
Photo credit: Craig Adderley from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Add New York City to the cities abroad that are pilot testing noise cameras to capture loud...
Another attempt at controlling leaf blower use in Greenwich, CT
Photo credit: Rob Howard licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arnold Gordon, PhD Gas-powered leaf blowers cause many problems. They are noisy, pollute the air with carcinogens, aerosolized particulate matter and greenhouse gases, and disturb the natural leaf litter layer...
Paris launches noise radar
Photo credit: Ashley Fontana from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Guardian reports that Paris has launched the first noise radar in a bid to quiet its streets. Paris is apparently one of the world’s noisiest cities. The device isn’t really a...
Do we need a sky filled with delivery drones?
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As Honorary Chair of Quiet American Skies, a program of Quiet Communities, I am familiar with the aircraft and helicopter noise...
UN says urban noise is a problem
Image: United Nations Environment Programme (2022). Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches – Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern. by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The United Nations Environmental Program has released its Frontiers 2022 report,...
Grassroots Connecticut group keeps up pressure to reduce highway noise
Photo credit: versageek licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Greenwich Time reports that local activists in Greenwich, Connecticut are trying to get local and state officials to deal with noise pollution from busy I-95 as it...
Personal sound zones in cars?
Photo credit: Hasan Gulec from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition Will future cars have individual sound zones for each passenger? Scientists are exploring an algorithm that would let each passenger listen to their own audio without...