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Photo credit: Jean-Christophe André by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I've noticed more news articles that speak to the harmful effects that human-made noises have on...
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our colleague, pioneering noise researcher Dr. Arline Bronzaft, wrote a wonderful essay in the newsletter of the Holy Trinity Church, located in the Inwood and Washington Heights...
Photo credit: Jerome Dominici by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Both New York City residents and visitors will not be surprised to read in this article that the number...
Photo credit: Quốc Bảo by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Nature (UK) publication Scientific Reports published a paper based on research done in Germany that surveyed about 400 amateur musicians and 400 professional musicians. A number of studies cited...
Photo credit: SpaceX by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Congress has acknowledged the adverse impacts of noise on human health by passing legislation that recognizes the...
Photo credit: Lukas Kindl by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In the past, the South Korean village of Dangsan was considered a quiet, rural area. But not today. Just over...
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...
Photo credit: Berkalp Turper by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Most of our posts about aircraft noise focuses on how aircraft noise disturbs residents living near...
Photo credit: Jose Francisco Fernandez Saura by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Scienceline published an article by reporter Dawn Attride titled, "The city’s search for quiet: in a bustling city like New York, how does noise affect us?" Scienceline is a...