Photo credit: Simon Migaj by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition On Sunday, March 3, communities around the globe will celebrate World Hearing Day 2024. The theme, decided by the World Health Organization, is: Changing mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care...
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Tim Gallati and the Quiet Links Library
Photo credit: Tim Gallati. Gallati, photographed by Gordon Hempton, during a six-week backpacking trip for One Square Inch of Silence. by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Jamie Banks, founder of Quiet Communities, Inc., spoke at a webinar sponsored by...
Sound advice for lovers on Valentine’s Day!
Photo credit: Polina Tankilevitch by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The first line of Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night" is: “If music be the food of love, play on.” That may be true, but we recommend that lovers find a quiet restaurant to have a Valentine’s...
Urban noise burden worse in lower-income neighborhoods
Photo credit: Max Bender by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com, calls our attention to a comprehensive study that links urban noise pollution to...
Theme announced for World Hearing Day 2024
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:...
Montreal suburb must compensate residents for excessive noise
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...
A Swiss village fights to keep its cow bells
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...
Lonely roads are quiet roads
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...
The magic of forest baths
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...