Photo credit: Edoardo Tommasini by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A Tik-Tok famous general practitioner in Singapore is advising concertgoers to wear earplugs and use sunscreen. I don’t follow social media at all, but I’m glad to know that there’s useful...
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More hearing aids: the right solution?
Photo credit: Christina Morillo by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The World Health Organization’s Ear and Hearing Care Programme announced its new publication, Hearing Aid Service Delivery Approaches for Low- and Middle-Income Settings. As WHO has...
Device usage prompts hearing concerns in Malaysia
Photo credit: Thilipen Rave Kumar by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Sun, sharing news out of Malaysia, reports that children and young adults' increased use of personal listening devices is raising concerns about the risk of noise-induced hearing...
Why we must lower the occupational noise exposure limit
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Kat Sezter, editorial associate at the Acoustical Society of America, asked that we help publicize the ASA’s latest podcast, and I’m glad to do that. I’m especially glad because it’s my first time on...
New research sheds light on noise-induced hearing loss
Photo credit: sl wong by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The MedicalXpress website reports that researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered the biological mechanism of how noise causes hearing loss, opening up the possibility for prevention...
We need prevention, not more research
Photo credit: Startup Stock Photos by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our friend Yishane Lee, editor of Hearing Health Magazine and communications director at the Hearing Health Foundation, shared her fascinating report about the recent Association for...
Why are my ears ringing?
Photo credit: Tembela Bohle by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Fox News reporter Melissa Rudy wrote an excellent piece on tinnitus. However, I have a few minor quibbles with what she wrote, and what audiologist Donald Troast said. But the main thrust of...
Occupational noise and arthritis
Photo credit: Yury Kim by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Is occupational noise exposure associated with arthritis? A new report in BMC Public Health suggests that it might be. The authors used data collected by the CDC's National Health and Nutrition...
Rural residents have worse hearing than urban counterparts
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A new report in The Lancet: Regional Health Americas found that in the United States, rural residents had worse hearing than urban residents. The goal of the research was to create estimates of...