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This photo by Chuck Kardous (NIOSH) is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this blog post is also the title of my latest publication. As I have often told my noise colleagues when they have tried to get me to write...
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I learn by reading, but many learn by watching television shows or documentaries or by listening to podcasts. The World Health Organization sponsors the Health for All Film Festival, which "believes in the power of...
Photo credit: by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition International Noise Awareness Day was started in 1996 to raise awareness of unwanted noise and its dangers. Today, April 26, is this year’s observance. Noise has auditory and non-auditory health effects....
Photo credit: Hear hear! licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this post is also the title of an informative article in the current issue of Acoustics Today, a publication of the Acoustical Society of America. I’m...
Photo credit: Anna Shvets by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This interesting essay on Medpagetoday discusses something we have recently covered , the possible effect of hearing loss on developing dementia. The author is Shannon Halloway, RN, PhD, who does...
This photo is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, recently treated for a stroke and depression, was fitted with hearing aids due to sensorineural hearing loss. The...
Photo credit: Oregon State University licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in the current issue of Acoustics Today, a publication of the Acoustical Society of America, discusses how the zebrafish, a freshwater minnow...
Photo credit: Yahoo Accessibility Lab licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition MedPage Today reports on an important new paper in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery showing that cognitive function improved after cochlear...
Photo credit: George Milton by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition TV station KDVR in Denver reports that audiologists at UCHealth, the healthcare organization of the University of Colorado, are seeing an increase in teens and young adults with hearing loss....