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Photo credit: Rafael Cosquiere by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies As a result of my long-term research, writings and activism to reduce noise pollution and enhance quiet...
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition World Hearing Day, sponsored by the World Health Organization, is rapidly approaching. Each year WHO chooses a theme for World Hearing Day. This year’s theme is “Ear and hearing care for all! Let’s make it a reality.”...
Photo credit: Alex Urezkov by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article on Livestrong lists six situations when audiologists always wear earplugs: attending concerts or sports events, in bars or noisy restaurants, when doing lawn work, when there’s...
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In earlier posts I have written about human-made noises not only adversely impacting the well-being of...
Photo credit: Bryan Thatcher licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I developed tinnitus and hyperacusis in 2007 after a one-time exposure to loud noise at a New Year’s Eve dinner in a restaurant. As midnight approached, the...
Photo credit: Zachary DeBottis by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on Japan Today reports that Japan has lifted a ban on automated drone flights over residential areas. The drones are needed for delivery, especially in rural areas, due to a...
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition’s John Drinkwater wrote a well-researched, thoughtful article for the January 2023 issue of The Hearing Journal advocating for silent options when waiting on hold. As...
Photo credit: Kindel Media by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Researcher Frank Lin, MD PhD, may have been the first to describe an association between hearing loss and dementia in older people in 2011 and he has continued his research on this topic. One of...
Photo credit: Xavier Lubeigt 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 According to the article by Tom Andrews, the Santa Fe City Council has...