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Photo credit: Riccardo by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Now that the soundscapes have for the most part returned to pre-pandemic form, Rob Walker, writing for the...
Photo credit: Craig James licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Public Broadcasting System provides an important news source for many communities, including the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area. Last month, WYPR broadcast...
Photo credit: Helena Lopes by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies There has been more focus on the importance of hearing lately as evidenced by how much easier it is to get...
Photo credit: Dennis Jarvis licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The first Congress of the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise was held in 1973, so this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of that first...
Photo credit: Karl Solano by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition’s Jamie Banks, PhD, MSc, who is also founder and president of TQC’s parent organization, Quiet Communities, Inc. https://quietcommunities.org is one of the experts quoted in...
Photo credit: Robert So by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That helicopter noise has disrupted the lives of many residents in New York and New Jersey has been underscored...
Photo credit: Belinda Schindler by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Amid growing evidence that fireworks severely stress wild animals and pets, a pet owner in North Somerset is trying to make her county the UK’s first “low noise firework county.” According...
Photo credit: Sound On by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of the Health Digest article is “How to prevent hearing loss while wearing headphones” without the question mark. I had to add the question mark, though, because trying to prevent hearing...
Photo credit: Nicolas Sadoc licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition From October 17, Americans can now buy hearing aids without seeing an audiologist, otolaryngologist, or hearing aid dispenser. Five years after Congress passed a...