Photo courtesy of Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I recently flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco. I was pleasantly surprised to see the electronic display screens scroll through a number of messages about free Wi-Fi, mask...
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GAO says FAA needs better noise impact metrics
Photo credit: Matheus Cenali from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition The GAO has found that metrics employed by the FAA to assess noise impacts on residents subjected to overhead flights “does not...
How to prevent hearing loss while flying
Photo credit: Sourav Mishra from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article by Travel Awaits discusses tips on preventing hearing loss while flying. It’s a little biased towards the Widex hearing aid brand, but still contains some useful...
Drones a threat to everything below them
Photo credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition The skies are already filled with airplanes and helicopters and the residents on the ground can...
Air pollution may damage cognition
Photo credit: Jaybird licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A recent report in Nature Aging is behind a paywall, so I am using this article about the report in Neuroscience News to discuss it. The study showed that short term...
How to regulate drone noise when there is a dearth of data?
Photo credit: Pok Rie from Pexels by David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Drone delivery” is here and coming to your yard soon—and the revolution will not be quiet. These excellent and sobering notes by Eddie Duncan about the International Institute of...
Mars has its first helicopter visit
Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, The Quiet Coalition Here’s some real buzz from NASA: they’ve launched a robotic helicopter on Mars. The old Zen koan needs a re-write: "What is the sound of one hand...
Documentary Premiering April 15: Watch “Jet Line”
Photo credit: Scott Teresi licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition received this announcement about a new film, "Jet Line: Voicemails From the Flight Path," premiering on April 15. This 12-minute documentary film...
Representatives target helicopter noise
Photo credit: Jess Vide from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition A while back, I reported on legislation introduced by the New York City Council to amend the city's administrative code to reduce noise...