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...
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Loud noise is damaging our ears
Photo credit: Afta Putta Gunawan by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from an Oklahoma television station emphasizes that excessive noise exposure that causes hearing loss and tinnitus is a serious problem in that state. But it’s actually a...
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...
Hidden hearing loss is real. Here’s what you need to know
Photo credit: Karolina Grabowska by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition ABC 7 news in Los Angeles recently covered the topic of hidden hearing loss. I was thrilled to see this, as most members of the public, even many primary care physicians, don’t know about...
Coalition rallies in Boston to stop private jet hanger expansion
Photo credit: Christopher Eliot by Christopher Eliot Protesters organized by Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere held a peaceful gathering outside the Massachusetts State House on Oct. 2. Sen. Michael Barrett gave an overview of the attempts to stop the...
Hanging up her headphones after 16 years
Photo credit: Grzegorz by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Scottish newspaper The Courier has a wonderful piece by opinion writer Rebecca Baird describing how she is hanging up her headphones after “16 solid years of blocking out the world.” Baird...
The other side of disability access
Photo credit: Jack Sparrow by John Drinkwater, JD, MBA, Co-Founder, The Quiet Coalition In a recent blog I praised Walmart for its “sensory-friendly” Saturday morning hours with dimmed lighting and no background music. Disabled, able-bodied and Walmart employees left...
Blind birders use soundscapes to “see,” but noise pollution is making it harder
Photo credit: Ray Bilcliff by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Alexandra Marvar’s recent article in the New York Times explores the importance of birding to Susan Glass, a...
Noise is all around us and it’s harming our health
Photo credit: Vlad Alexandru Popa by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Noise is all around us and it’s harming our health. That’s the title of a report by Isabelle Gallant at CBC News, in Canada. Gallant reviews a wide body of research about the health...