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Photo credit: William Alexander by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That fact that adverse noise impacts are receiving more attention is evidenced by the numerous...
Photo credit: Allan Mas by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition An interesting story in Science Daily reports that sound is a primary issue in the lives of skateboarders. Who knew? The story is based on research done at the University of Exeter in the United...
Photo credit: Jimberg13, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Super Bowl Sunday is really noisy no matter where the event occurs, according to a report on the 9TO5Mac website. The report is based on research done on data collected...
Photo credit: Magda Ehlers by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Beth Griffin at the American Tinnitus Association let us know that this week is Tinnitus Awareness Week. The ATA arranged a series of recorded lectures to run all week, and a schedule is...
Photo credit: Frank Cone by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies During the summer in New York City, many neighborhoods have complained about the impact of loud fireworks....
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,...
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...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We can close our eyes and fall asleep on a sunny beach after lunch, but we cannot close our ears. Hearing evolved eons ago to help animals either find food or avoid being eaten, and we can hear even...
Photo credit: Tima Miroshnichenko by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A 2020 study from the National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders found that having fired 1,000 rounds or more was associated with hearing loss in American adults....