Photo credit: GoToVan licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition People have targeted hospitals across Canada with noisy protests against government ordered pandemic public health measures, such as vaccine passports....
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Is noise a reason workers resist returning to the office?
Photo credit: Nicola Barts from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Is noise rage contributing to worker resistance to returning to the office after working from home during the COVID lockdowns? This report from the National News, United Arab...
Audible ads irk NYC subway passengers
Photo credit: Pedro Plassen Lopes licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In 1985 the Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced the Music Under...
NY Gov. Hochul signs SLEEP Act into law
Photo credit: Markus Spiske from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Legislation signed by Governor Hochul on Friday to “increase penalties against motorists and...
Loud motorcycles do not save lives
Photo credit: Sven van Bellen from Pexels by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist A recent article by Tristin Hopper in Canada's National Post argues that motorcyclists are wrong when they say, “Loud pipes save lives.” I agree that aftermarket exhaust system modifications...
Nature’s sounds improve well-being
by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies During the early months of the COVID-19 shutdown, urban residents noted that with less aircraft traffic overhead and fewer cars on the...
NYC state senator hopes next mayor takes on excessive noise
Photo credit: Joe Shlabotnik licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition During this summer season, New York City residents have been calling local representatives, the media, and 311 to...
Are we becoming acoustic refugees?
Photo credit: Gustavo Fring from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition When I sent one of my noise colleagues a draft post about the Discover article on how human noise overwhelms natural sea soundscapes for comment and correction, mentioning quiet...
New York City addresses environmental justice
Photo credit: Zichuan Han from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition I attended the virtual town hall meeting on August 18th that the New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Climate and Sustainability held in...