Photo credit: Patrick Pelster licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition My wife and I went to Palm Springs, California for a wedding recently. My wife knows that noise bothers me, so she requested a quiet room. She told me the...
Article Category:
Quality of Life
Article Categories
Law to abate helicopter noise exist, but gains are few
Photo credit: Cameron Casey by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Readers of this site who are familiar with attempts to reduce helicopter noise, especially those who are...
Amazon’s redesigned prime air delivery drone can fly farther and quieter
Photo credit: William Warby licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from Engadget tells us that Amazon is continuing work on its Prime Air delivery drone. The new version is lighter, sleeker, can fly farther, and is also...
Switzerland set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers
Photo credit: ILOVESwitzerland by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition According to this report on Le News, Switzerland is set to introduce stiffer penalties for noisy drivers. Well, actually penalties for drivers of noisy vehicles, including cars and...
Neighbor noise is most annoying
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies That noisy neighbors are “the most annoying sound to deal with” is no surprise to me. In my position as...
Hearing Health Foundation webinar on hyperacusis
Photo credit: Ketut Subiyanto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I developed hyperacusis, a sensitivity to noise that doesn’t bother others, and tinnitus, a ringing in the ears, after a one-time exposure to loud noise 15 years ago on New Year’s Eve. My...
Noise pollution maps let us see our “dumb environments”
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies After starting out his article by noting that for people living in urban environment silence “is likely only...
Hearing birds makes us feel better
Photo credit: David Cossey by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies During the pandemic, I wrote a number of posts on articles that noted how pleased many people were to hear...
Aviation noise–let’s talk about what can be done
Photo credit: 周 康 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Union Against Aircraft Nuisances (UECNA) is sponsoring another webinar about aviation noise, this time a conversation between panelists and participants. I won’t be able to attend because I...