Dr. Daniel Fink writes about Paige Tower’s interesting essay on how New York City’s noise worsened her anxiety, and how a move to a place closer to nature’s sounds helped her regain her calm.
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The virus’ unintended consequence–the air is cleaner, quieter
An unintended consequence—the pandemic is making the air cleaner, quieter, writes Dr. Arline Bronzaft. Stay at home orders are causing cleaner air and less noise.
Canadians find quiet ways to connect during the pandemic
Canadians find quiet ways to connect during the pandemic, and Dr. Daniel Fink muses that maybe one silver lining to this awful period is that we can all enjoy cleaner, quieter air.
Paris is quiet
Dr. Arline Bronzaft reports on charts produced by Bruitparif, the agency that oversees 150 sound monitor around Paris. The charts show a considerable drop in sound levels after the pandemic took hold.
Preliminary report on the CDC’s review of noise and health
David Sykes writes about Prof. Richard Neitzel’s preliminary report on the CDC’s systematic review of the effects of noise on 11 different health conditions.
Sound and the city
Dr. Daniel Fink writes about Jessica Furseth’s excellent essay on urban noise. He agrees with her statement that cities are getting louder and hopes urban noise will be taken seriously.
Noise in classrooms interferes with learning
That noise in classrooms interferes with learning should be a well accepted fact. The Quiet Coalition’s Dr. Arline Bronzaft established that over 40 years ago.
Sociopaths on snowmobiles
Sociopaths on snowmobiles are ruining things for everyone else in Ontario, the Bay Today reports. Noise loving miscreants are modifying snowmobiles to make them louder—on purpose.
San Franciscans press their congresswoman to arrest airport noise
San Franciscans press their representative to stop airport noise. David Sykes tells us that Americans haven’t gotten the relief they expected after the enactment of noise control requirements in the FAA Reauthorization Act.