Photo credit: Markus Spiske by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The New York City Council is taking additional action to limit the excessive noise from the loud motor...
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With noise, enforcement is the key
Photo credit: Allan Rosen by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The photo above was sent to me by a friend who was visiting Charleston, South Carolina. This photo led me to...
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As I’ve written before, I don’t like special days or months. I think that if something is important, it should be thought about all the time, not just on a special day or month. But I’ve also acknowledged that these...
The best wireless Bluetooth earbuds may be none at all
Photo credit: Soulful Pizza by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition does not endorse products or manufacturers and has no commercial or other relationships with any company or other organization, helping guarantee our independence. So I...
Noise police in Palm Springs, California
Photo credit: Patrick Pelster licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The headline in the print version of the Los Angeles Times is “The party police are watching you,” but the Times is really writing about noise police. Palm Springs...
“Sex and the City” tackles noisy neighbors
Photo credit: Ed Yourdon licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Over the years there have been some books, television shows and movies that...
A restaurant “louder than a nightclub at midnight”
Photo credit: Chan Walrus from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Restaurant noise is my bete noire. I developed tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and hyperacusis (a sensitivity to loud noise) after a one-time exposure to loud noise in a restaurant on...
NYC restaurant designed for people with disabilities
Photo credit: ELEVATE from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article onToday's website discusses Contento, a new restaurant in New York City. The restaurant was designed for owner Yannick Benjamin, who was paralyzed as the result a motor...
A short course about noise
Photo credit: Gabriel Hohol from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our noise colleague, and Quiet Coalition co-founder, Arline Bronzaft, PhD, Professor Emerita at the City University of New York, will be giving a 3-session online course about noise...