Photo credit: rebecca marks licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition On earlier blogs, I had written about the efforts of several New York City Congresspersons and the organization...
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Bored Canadians turn to fireworks, annoying neighbors
Photo credit: Magda Ehlers from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist A recent article reports that people in Canada have been setting off more fireworks during the pandemic, and people are fed up with the noise. Listed fireworks dangers include risk of serious...
accessABILITY Day at the North Carolina State Fair
Photo credit: Justin Doub licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist The North Carolina State Fair will be more inclusive this year by offering an accessABILITY Day during the 10-day event. The goal is to limit sensory overload so that more people can...
Noise pollution in France costs €156 billions annually
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Joanna York, Connexion France, reports that noise pollution in France costs €156 billion annually. York reviewed a study done by the France’s Conseil National de Bruit (National Noise Council) and l’Agence de l La...
Road surface influences EV noise levels
Photo credit: Jiarong Deng from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in the European journal Noise Mapping documents that the type of road surface is the major influence on electric vehicle noise levels at urban speeds. This scientific...
Noise: The Not-So-Silent Killer
Photo credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In “Loud Noise: The Not-So-Silent Killer Is Back,” Kimberly Rae Miller, writing in the July/August AARP Bulletin, notes that the end...
Traffic noise disproportionately affects low-income families
Photo credit: Doug Kerr licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition With traffic noise recognized as “one of the worst environmental stressors for humans by the World Health Organization,...
Reduce the music volume in fitness classes
Photo credit: Aberdeen Proving Ground licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in The Hearing Journal describes a study published in Noise & Health about sound levels in group spin classes in Baltimore, Maryland. The...
Ban the awful leaf blowers!
Photo credit: Timothy Valentine licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Ban the awful leaf blowers. That’s the headline for a letter to the editor in the Camden New Journal, an independent newspaper in London. The writer includes...