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Photo credit: Belle Co by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The World Health Organization announced its theme for World Hearing Day 2024: Changing mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality for all. The agency states that the annual event will:...
Photo credit: Céline Chamiot-Poncet by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies A Superior Court judge in Quebec ruled that residents of a Montreal suburb, Brossard, will be...
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 This BBC article covers one Swiss village's struggle with the ongoing sound of cowbells, perceived by most...
Photo credit: Hüsna Kefelioğlu by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition On the Atlas Obscura website, reporter Frank Jacobs details the loneliest road in every state in America. According to Jacobs, telematics specialists at Geotab obtained data from the United...
Photo credit: Rachel Claire by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies While we may have written more posts about the hazards of noise to our health and well-being, we have also...
Photo credit: Internet Archive Book Images, licensed under Flickr Commons by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I like classical music. I’ve attended concerts since I was a child, and continue to do so. In the car, I listen either to the news on NPR or to Los...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Spaceflight Now, among other media outlets, reported on astronaut Frank Rubio's recent return to earth after 371 days in space. That’s the longest duration space flight for an American astronaut, and...
Photo credit: Daniel Frese by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Conde Nast Traveler reports that Corendon Airlines will launch an adults-only section on flights from Amsterdam to Curacao, for travelers age 16 and up. The purpose is to provide a quieter...
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In March of 2023, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Anna Eshoo introduced the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Modernization Act. The bicameral piece of...