Photo credit: Bayu jefri by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition and its parent organization Quiet Communities, Inc. are in the current issue of Hearing Health Magazine, published by the Hearing Health Foundation. On page 14, Quiet...
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Short-term renters in Los Angeles disturb locals
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 As the number short-term rentals has increased in Los Angeles County, residents in a number of...
Upcoming noise symposium in California
Photo credit: Arlen, licensed under CC BY 2.0 DEED by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The final program has been announced for the annual UC Davis Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium. In 2024, the symposium will take place in Palm Springs, California...
If you’re bothered by pickleball noise…
Photo credit: Lindsey Flynn by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition There are a lot of noise problems in the world, like noise at sports events and rock concerts, transportation noise from vehicles, trains and aircraft, occupational noise exposure and now,...
How blind people process the sound of movement
Photo credit: Yan Krukau by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This fascinating report on The Conversation website by two researchers at the University of Washington discusses their recent research that studies how blind people process the sound of movement....
Noise disrupts sleep, and that’s bad for health
Photo credit: Ivan Oboleninov by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In a recently-published editorial, Mathias Basner, one of the world’s leading experts on the effects of noise on sleep, discusses how noise disrupting sleep leads to long-term health...
Noisy holiday toys are no gift to a child’s hearing
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition US News and World Report correctly informs readers that noisy holiday toys are no gift to a child’s hearing. Reporter Dennis Thompson covers a news release from the American Academy of...
New York Times offers teaching tools for noise lesson
Photo credit: Agung Pandit Wiguna by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times offers teachers free lesson planning information on its site, The Learning Network. The site offers resources, strategies and ideas for teaching. On Dec. 11, reporter...
Welsh government passes air and noise pollution bill
Photo credit: Lisa Fotios by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The number of studies that link noise to adverse health effects have been increasing the past few years....









