Photo credit: Mike Mozart licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CNN reports that Mattel’s Barbie division unveiled its first-ever doll with hearing aids. As Mattel’s Global Head of Barbie Dolls Lisa McKnight said, the dolls will help...
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Florida’s new loud music law
Photo credit: Nazly Ahmed licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Lately, more cities and states across the United States are introducing...
Car noise is killing us
Photo credit: Darya Sannikova by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Car noise is killing us. That’s the title of a post on Planetizen, a website covering urban planning issues. What is planning? Planetizen defines it as “the professional practice and academic...
Quiet Skies Caucus gets funding to combat aircraft noise
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The Quiet Skies Caucus, headed by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, enthusiastically announced last week that...
The race to allow air taxis even as the people try to fight helicopter noise
Photo credit: Archer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Just as federal and local representatives are trying to limit nonessential helicopter travel over New York City,...
July 4th fireworks can trigger PTSD in veterans
Photo credit: Damir Mijailovic by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We have written several blog posts over the years about fireworks frightening animals, especially dogs, but this article in Patch discusses how fireworks sounds can trigger post-traumatic...
New York City Council takes aim at helicopter noise
Photo credit: SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies New York State is waiting for the governor to sign a bill that will reduce helicopter flights in...
Dutch government limits Schiphol flights
Photo credit: Shoestring at wts wikivoyage has dedicated this image into the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Netherlands’ Schiphol Airport is one of the world’s busiest, and its environmental impacts both in terms of noise pollution...
Battle over the East Hampton Airport
Photo credit: Americasroof licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The East Hampton Airport, which has given New Yorkers access to the beaches of...