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Photo credit: Steven Hylands by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The title of this article by Irishman Trevor Laffan is, “Both in the streets and the home…silence is...
Photo credit: Toni Ferreira by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Modern life is too loud. Everyday noise exposure can cause noise-induced hearing loss, the only type of hearing loss that is entirely preventable. Many noise exposures are involuntary — the...
Photo credit: Ray Bilcliff by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Alexandra Marvar’s recent article in the New York Times explores the importance of birding to Susan Glass, a...
Photo credit: Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I started my journey to Belgrade, Serbia for the 14th Congress of the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise in Athens, Greece, where I visited some of the ancient sites before...
Photo credit: Ivan Samkov by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN published a piece last month by Susannah Hills, a pediatric airway surgeon and vice chair of the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center in...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A recent article in the Journal of the American Heart Association reported that the number of people sickened or killed by air pollution is increasing worldwide. Researchers used the Global Burden of...
Photo credit: Walmart Corporate, licensed under CC BY 2.0 by John Drinkwater, JD, MBA, Co-Founder, The Quiet Coalition Walmart now offers “sensory friendly” hours from 8-10 a.m., Saturdays all through August. During this time, lights are dimmed and music is turned...
Photo credit: Helena Lopes by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "What is hidden hearing loss and how to tell if you have it?" is the title of this well-written article by reporter Kacie Goff on the CNET site. I’m glad this little-known but quite common...
Photo credit: Ollie Craig by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies “Light and noise pollution ‘are neglected health hazards,' say peers” is the headline of the Guardian article...