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Photo credit: Vlad Fonsark by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "How do I block out annoying sounds from my noisy neighborhood?" That’s the question posed and answered on The New York Times’ product review site Wirecutter, in response from someone who...
Photo credit: Marjan by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Over the years The Quiet Coalition has covered noise from fireworks and its effect on humans and especially dogs, usually in conjunction with Fourth of July celebrations. In the last year or two,...
Photo credit: ennvisionn by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Steve Lafleur's article on noise is a very personal one. He describes how he has been impacted by noise in his...
Photo credit: Lukas Kloeppel by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I wonder how many of our readers are aware that citizens in New York City can register...
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies For years, some New York City residents have complained about the extremely intrusive sirens of...
Photo credit: Francesco Ungaro by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Earth.com reports that even slight traffic noise impacts work performance. That’s probably an overstatement — the study reported on by staff writer Andrei Ionesco did not actually...
Photo credit: Murad Murat by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That noise complaints, including those made against neighbors, have increased over the past years in the UK...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We are merely forwarding an email from our UK noise colleague John Stewart about the Summer 2023 newsletter of the UK Noise Association. Among the items covered are the Noise Association’s James...
Photo credit: Liza Summer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Swiss researchers looking into the impact of environmental factors on mental health have found that...