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Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from IFL Science discusses what the sun might sound like. Sound is defined as "vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or...
Photo credit: Jeffry Surianto by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Treehugger reports that in an international competition, the sound of frogs singing in a Malaysian swamp at dusk was judged to be the most beautiful sound in the world. Obviously beauty is in...
Photo credit: Eva Bronzini by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Apparently, humans and animals are not the only living things that make sounds. Katie Hunt, CNN SPACE+...
Photo credit: Jan Kopřiva by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition It has long been thought that snakes can perceive vibrations in the ground but can’t hear because they don’t have ears. The ability to sense vibrations is acutely developed, allowing some species...
Photo credit: Mike B by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition If you ask any child,“What sounds did dinosaurs make?” he or she will almost invariably make a roar. But a new scientific report, covered in Japan's The Asahi Shimbun and other news outlets, reports...
Photo credit: Hung Tran by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition CTV Television Network is Canada’s largest privately owned television network. This report from the CTV website discusses worldwide research on fish sounds and a multi-national collaboration that...
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition’s John Drinkwater wrote a well-researched, thoughtful article for the January 2023 issue of The Hearing Journal advocating for silent options when waiting on hold. As...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Sound is powerful. When focused, it can destroy tumors. Sound can entertain us, but it can also annoy us. It can cause noise-induced hearing loss, and also has non-auditory health effects. CNN’s Dr....
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...