Photo credit: Anna Shvets by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This interesting essay on Medpagetoday discusses something we have recently covered , the possible effect of hearing loss on developing dementia. The author is Shannon Halloway, RN, PhD, who does...
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Road traffic noise linked to high blood pressure
Photo credit: Thirdman by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Prevention reports on a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology linking road traffic noise exposure to high blood pressure. The association of noise exposure to hypertension is...
Sen. Fetterman gets hearing aids
This photo is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, recently treated for a stroke and depression, was fitted with hearing aids due to sensorineural hearing loss. The...
It’s National Public Health Week
Image courtesy of the American Public Health Association by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Each year the American Public Health Association sponsors National Public Health Week, this year from April 3-9. Public health deals with the health of populations,...
What sounds drive you crazy?
Photo credit: Liza Summer by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The BBC reports on a study done by researchers at King’s College London and the University of Oxford showing that about 1 in 5 people in the UK suffer from misophonia. What is misophonia? It is a...
Loud noises are bad for your health
Photo credit: Ketut Subiyanto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Healthline has an excellent article about the dangers of noise for health. In addition to causing hearing loss, tinnitus, and hyperacusis, loud noise has non-auditory health effects,...
Zebrafish may help unlock the genetics of human deafness
Photo credit: Oregon State University licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in the current issue of Acoustics Today, a publication of the Acoustical Society of America, discusses how the zebrafish, a freshwater minnow...
Cognitive functioning improves after cochlear implant in older adults
Photo credit: Yahoo Accessibility Lab licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition MedPage Today reports on an important new paper in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery showing that cognitive function improved after cochlear...
Noise pollution may cause forest to stop growing
Photo credit: Joel Deluxe 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 Human-made noises do not discriminate-–noise harms the health of other humans as...