Photo credit: energepic.com by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to a recent report in BMJ Psychology, noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) affects job performance and work-related quality of life. The study showed that NIHL was negatively associated...
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Noisy toys are still a problem
Photo credit: Vika Glitter by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition With approaching holiday celebrations — Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and others around the world — it’s again time to write about noisy toys. This report from TV station KTSP in Minneapolis...
Are certain headphones safer for your ears?
Photo credit: Ivan Samkov by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of this Buzzfeed article states that certain headphones are safer for your ears. That’s probably true. Headphones with volume limits, noise-canceling and over-the-ear features may be...
American Airlines fined $50 million for treatment of disabled passengers
Photo credit: Kelly by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Reuters and other media outlets reported this fall that the U.S. Department of Transportation fined American Airlines $50 million for its treatment of disabled passengers. This mistreatment led to...
Dr. Daniel Fink on noise
Photo credit: fauxels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I spoke to HealthWatch USA on Oct. 16 about the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's recommended exposure limit (REL), specifically that it needs to be revised down. Kevin...
A Comic Con for all
Photo credit: khairul nizam by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I was delighted to read that the Gillen Brewer School, a private school on the Upper East Side of...
Hearing aid use increases in elderly, but remains low
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition An article in JAMA Open Network from a research group at Johns Hopkins University reports that hearing aid use among the elderly has increased, but remains low. The data were collected as...
Hearing — the social sense
Photo credit: ELEVATE by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As National Protect Your Hearing Month comes to a close, Katie Franklin, hard of hearing services coordinator for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, reminds us that...
Apple’s new AirPods Pro 2 will double as a hearing aid
Photo credit: Artem Podrez by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN reports that Apple’s new Airpods Pro 2 will double as a hearing aid. The Food and Drug Administration has approved software that will allow the new generation of Airpods to be used as...