Photo credit: Jose Francisco Fernandez Saura by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When people think of noise in New York City, they often mention Times Square as a crowded,...
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Caution: your noise may be hazardous to your health
Photo credit: Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition While I was cleaning my house recently, I came across these three no-smoking buttons from the early 1970s. I was a militant no-smoking advocate, and I wore the button on the right on my doctor’s...
Noise-canceling technology may be harming our ears
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from the New Zealand radio station RNZ reports on why noise-canceling technology may be doing more harm than good for our ears. That information comes from David McAlpine, academic...
Parents Magazine writes about noise and children
Photo credit: August de Richelieu by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Parents Magazine, a venerable publication established in 1926, recently covered the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new policy statement on noise and children. As reporter Melissa Willets...
Festive sounds can damage your hearing health
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Forbes Magazine recently reported on festive sounds that can damage your hearing health. It’s worth noting that I prefer the term auditory health, which includes not only noise-induced...
New Yorkers push to lower the volume at local stadium
Photo credit: Ed, licensed under CC BY 2.0 DEED by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York has been a presence in the community for the...
Should you be wearing earplugs to concerts?
Photo credit: Wendy Wei by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Should you be wearing earplugs to concerts? That’s the question posed by Health.com writer Maggie O’Neill and the answer from both her and me is an unequivocal, “yes!” O’Neill cites a number of...
What musicians can teach us about noise and hearing loss
Photo credit: Athena by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Musicians know a lot about noise and what it does to their hearing. That’s the topic discussed in a report on CNET by writer Jessica Rendall. She reports that noise causes hearing loss...
Brits obsessed with noise complaints
Photo credit: Murad Murat by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That noise complaints, including those made against neighbors, have increased over the past years in the UK...