Photo by Daniel Fink, MD by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Economists say that an informed consumer is a better consumer although it turns out that most consumers do a bad job of making what would appear to be rational decisions. A whole new field,...
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European Commission begins train noise monitoring project
Photo credit: Nguyen Tran from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Railtech.com reports that as part of the Noise and Emissions Monitoring and Radical Mitigation...
Mild brain injuries and sound processing
This image by NIH Image Gallery is in the public domain by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition A Short Wave podcast at NPR highlights how even mild concussions or brain injuries can change how a person processes sound. These auditory problems...
Hearing loss still the butt of jokes
Photo credit: Neil Moralee 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 Dr. Daniel Fink has raised the question about whether hearing loss is an...
The quiet revolution is here
Photo credit: Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As those who follow this blog may remember, when I’m not writing about noise issues I’m working as a home handyman fixing things. Ah, the joys of home ownership. On this week’s journey to a...
Meet Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane
Photo courtesy of Eviation by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN reports that Alice, the world’s first all-electric passenger airplane, went through engine testing and may be making test flights in a few weeks. Electric airplanes are the holy grail of...
One month until World Hearing Day
Image courtesy of the World Health Organization by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The World Health Organization sponsors World Hearing Day annually, on March 3. A theme is chosen each year. This year’s theme is, “To hear for life, listen with care.”...
Tinnitus wearable offers bimodal therapy
Photo credit: Ixocactus licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition A California-based tech company, led by Stanford neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman, has introduced a wearable bimodal therapy approach for tinnitus that...
Hospital noise adversely affects staff
Photo credit: This photo by Navy Medicine is in the public domain by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That hospital noise is a problem for both patients and health care...