Photo credit: sharyn morrow licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our noise colleague Arline Bronzaft, PhD, wrote this wonderful essay for the Center for Hearing and Communication on the occasion of International Noise Awareness...
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How loud is too loud?
Photo credit: Sora Shimazaki from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition How loud is too loud? An online site for high school students, Science News for Students, says that it’s either 75 decibels or 70 decibels. The article mentions The Quiet...
Washington citizen’s group scores a win!
Photo credit: AvgeekJoe licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In 2019 the U.S. Navy was sued by the Washington State attorney general and a...
Toddlers should fear some loud sounds
Photo credit: Monstera from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition I was horrified to read this article in Romper Toddler entitled, “Here’s when you should be concerned about your child’s fear of sound.” If parents follow the loud...
Warning! Loud toys can cause hearing system damage
Photo credit: Tom Magliery licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition The Sight and Hearing Association has published its annual 2021 Noisy Toys List. As an audiologist and parent, I wouldn’t buy or gift any toy on...
Finally, accurate information about protecting children’s hearing
Photo credit: Anthony Shkraba from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times Wircutter finally has accurate information about protecting children’s hearing. This is great news. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find good information about...
Quiet time can help kids make better decisions
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The answer to the question raised by Laura Goertzel in her article on whether quiet time...
3-year olds should not be using headphones
Photo credit: Alper Tecer licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist Would you buy headphones so a 3-year old could start personal listening? A Swedish company released news to Cision PR Newswire that it is selling “safe” 85 dB limit headphones...
Teaching children to protect their hearing
Photo credit: Max Fischer from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition With the World Health Organization announcing that “over one billion young adults are at risk of permanent hearing loss due to unsafe...