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Photo credit: Mike Mozart licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN reports that Mattel’s Barbie division unveiled its first-ever doll with hearing aids. As Mattel’s Global Head of Barbie Dolls Lisa McKnight said, the dolls will help...
Photo credit: Negative Space by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I developed tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and hyperacusis (a sensitivity to noise levels that don’t bother others, with the noise causing pain) after a one-time exposure to loud noise in a...
Photo credit: Archer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Just as federal and local representatives are trying to limit nonessential helicopter travel over New York City,...
Photo credit: Egor Kamelev by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Can technology based on moth wings be adapted for human use? According to a report on Interesting Engineering, that’s the question posed by researchers in the United Kingdom and reported in...
Photo credit: Joby Aviation by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to Aerospace America and the manufacturer, a prototype electric passenger aircraft, the Joby S4, produced low sound levels in its own and in NASA sound measurement tests. The report...
Photo credit: Asurnipal licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Quieter boats, snowmobiles, and lawnmowers are coming, reports The New York Times. The TImes headline, at least in the online version, calls it the Tesla effect, but it...
Photo credit: hugovk licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Ronda Kaysen, who writes the "Ask Real Estate" column for the New York Times, where...
This photo by Pete Souza is in the public domain by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition A year ago I wrote an article that asked, Will pedestrian warning sounds be discernible? I raised concerns about the intended purpose of the Pedestrian Safety...
Photo by Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I was doing some yard work when a FedEx truck pulled up to a neighbor’s house. Unlike most FedEx trucks, with too-noisy diesel engines, this one was quiet. I went over to take a look and couldn’t...