Photo credit: City of Greenville, North Carolina, licensed under PDM 1.0 by Kathleen Romito, MD, member, Quiet Communities Scientific Advisory Council My dad always told us kids, "If you make a mistake, just fess up and move on." Recently, two communities finally...
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The quiet power of a car-free neighborhood
Photo credit: Julia Boateng by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Bloomberg reporter David Zipper recently wrote about the quiet power of car-free neighborhoods, based on a recent experience he had in the German city of Leipzig. Zipper found himself there...
Using AI for noise reduction in call centers
Photo credit: Tima Miroshnichenko by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Call centers can be loud with employees talking to customers, HVAC noise and the hum of fluorescent lights. The Destination CRM website reports that noise-canceling systems using...
London Underground noise still a problem
Photo credit: Josh Withers by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from a London law firm is titled: "Commuting on the Tube could be a cause of noise-induced hearing loss." That is absolutely true. London’s wonderful Underground subway system,...
Pickleball noise: will limiting play hours help?
Photo credit: Frank Schrader by Kathleen Romito, MD, member, Quiet Communities Scientific Advisory Council The City of Carmel-By-The-Sea, California recently launched a three-month trial to address pickleball noise complaints by limiting play to three days a week...
Kansas city creating quieter railroad crossings
Photo credit: Krivec Ales by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As someone who gets many calls regarding noise problems, I've heard from many people around the country about...
New tech helps colorblind people see fall colors
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...
Dining out too noisy. Try earbuds?
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...
Las Vegas Sphere reduces noise for neighbors
Photo credit: Harold Litwiler from Orcutt/Istanbul, USA, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the Las Vegas Sphere has agreed to reduce its exterior sound volume to appease neighbors...