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Photo credit: energepic.com by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to a recent report in BMJ Psychology, noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) affects job performance and work-related quality of life. The study showed that NIHL was negatively associated...
Photo credit: Vika Glitter by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition With approaching holiday celebrations — Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and others around the world — it’s again time to write about noisy toys. This report from TV station KTSP in Minneapolis...
Photo credit: Ivan Samkov by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this Buzzfeed article states that certain headphones are safer for your ears. That’s probably true. Headphones with volume limits, noise-canceling and over-the-ear features may be...
Photo credit: Berkalp Turper by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Most of our posts about aircraft noise focuses on how aircraft noise disturbs residents living near...
Photo credit: Jose Francisco Fernandez Saura by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Scienceline published an article by reporter Dawn Attride titled, "The city’s search for quiet: in a bustling city like New York, how does noise affect us?" Scienceline is a...
Photo credit: Kelly by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Reuters and other media outlets reported this fall that the U.S. Department of Transportation fined American Airlines $50 million for its treatment of disabled passengers. This mistreatment led to...
Photo credit: Pavel Danilyuk by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When talking with people looking for apartments to rent or homes to buy, you often hear that they would...
Photo credit: David Bartus by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times reported that new technology installed in Virginia State Parks helps colorblind people see fall leaf colors. The park released viewfinders built by SeeCoast Manufacturing that...
Photo credit: Elina Sazonova by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition My title for this post reverses the punctuation in The New York Times title: "Dining out too noisy? Try earbuds." The article, written by former Times restaurant critic Pete Wells, suggests...