Don’t use headphones while running. Loud sound can damage your hearing, and just as importantly, you will miss the opportunity to luxuriate in quiet.
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You can close your eyes, but you can’t close your ears
You can close your eyes, but you can’t close your ears, says Dr. Thomas Münzel. Disturbed sleep, heart failure, and stroke are among the horribles we suffer when exposed to excessive noise.
Wind turbines in 2018
Dr. Arline Bronzaft writes about wind turbine noise and the growing evidence suggesting harmful impacts of wind turbine sound on health.
Scottish docs to begin prescribing rambling and birdwatching
Scottish docs to begin prescribing rambling, birdwatching to treat chronic illnesses. Dr. Daniel Fink says being outdoors is good for overall health, including auditory health.
No one told you drone delivery would be so damn loud
No one told you drone delivery would be so damn loud, but it’s true. So why are we rushing
toward drone delivery when alternatives already exist?
A layperson’s guide to the WHO’s noise and health report
John Stewart, lead author of “Why Noise Matters,” explains the significance of the WHO’s new noise guidelines in his layperson’s guide to the WHO’s noise and health report.
Measuring sound levels
You don’t need an expensive sound meter or the latest app to tell you if it’s too loud. If noise is loud enough to bother your ears, your hearing probably is being damaged.
More than half of “NYC’s noisiest bars” are in Brooklyn
More than half of “NYC’s noisiest bars” are in Brooklyn, surprising no one who lives there. Isn’t it time that the “nightlife mayor” does something about it?
Don’t be that guy
Don’t be the neighbor who sees a leaf and runs for the leaf blower. Read Andy Simmons, Reader’s Digest, rant about the scourge of suburbia.