Photo credit: Anna Shvets by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Hub, the online news site of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, reported that engineering students developed a prototype of a noise-canceling device for patients having dental work done....
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The dangers of earbud and headphone use
Photo credit: Ono Kosuki by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Earlier this month, the Mayo Clinic Health System addressed the dangers of earbud and headphone use by young people. My only quibble with the article is that it states that “any sound at or above...
What is the safe noise exposure level to prevent hearing loss?
Photo credit: Mark Dalton by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition What is the safe noise exposure level to prevent noise-induced hearing loss? That’s the title of my latest article, published on April 18. I argue that this safe noise exposure level may be as...
NPR covers a new tinnitus treatment
Photo credit: Paweł L. by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition National Public Radio recently reported on a new tinnitus treatment that involves listening to sounds while having the tongue electrically stimulated. This treatment is supposed to reduce tinnitus...
Compound AC102 shows promise in restoring hearing
Photo credit: Chokniti Khongchum by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A report in The Hearing Review discusses research done in Germany demonstrating that a new compound may reverse noise-induced hearing loss. The small-molecule compound was developed to...
Air pollution is bad for your brain
Photo credit: Muneeb Babar by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As an JAMA subscriber, I get an email almost every morning titled "AMA Morning Rounds." I don’t think I would have found this open-access article if I didn’t get Morning Rounds, but I’m glad I...
Are you noise sensitive?
Photo credit: Elevate Digital by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition “Are you noise sensitive? Here’s how to tell.” That’s a good question, and the title of an article in WIRED magazine. Writer Amy Paturel starts her article with a sound (pun intended!)...
A coming epidemic of hearing loss
Photo credit: Moose Photos by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a nation-wide sample of parents with children ages 5-12 about their children's earbud and headphone use. Parents...
Flights contribute to noisiest cities in America rankings
Photo credit: Chait Goli by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Ranking first on any list usually leads to boasting. Even making the "top ten" in a list brings joy, but I...