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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink

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Hearing aid use increases in elderly, but remains low

Hearing aid use increases in elderly, but remains low

Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition An article in JAMA Open Network from a research group at Johns Hopkins University reports that hearing aid use among the elderly has increased, but remains low. The data were collected as...

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A warning about infant sound machines

A warning about infant sound machines

Photo credit: John Finkelstein by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The U.K. publication Daily Mail reports that infant sound machines may be dangerous for babies’ neurological development. Parents used these machines to produce white noise to help babies...

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Birds suffer from noise pollution

Birds suffer from noise pollution

Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Just as the interest in the adverse effects of noise on humans has grown, so too has the interest in the effects...

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A sleepless Louisiana community battles noise pollution

A sleepless Louisiana community battles noise pollution

Photo credit: Tom Jackson by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Louisiana Illuminator published an article by reporter Lue Palmer about noise pollution from gravel trucks along a road in a formerly quiet neighborhood in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. The...

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Hearing — the social sense

Hearing — the social sense

Photo credit: ELEVATE by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As National Protect Your Hearing Month comes to a close, Katie Franklin, hard of hearing services coordinator for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, reminds us that...

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Resident forced from home by loud music venue

Resident forced from home by loud music venue

Photo credit: Onur Satıcı by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Our readers know that this blog covers the impact of loud music venues on nearby communities, including in...

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“I am seeing a lot more interest and growing awareness about the adverse impacts of noise on health and I hope this will lead to policies that will be focused on noise abatement… Organizations such as Quiet Communities have made an impact on educating people to the dangers of noise and suggesting ways that we can reduce noise pollution.”

– Arline Bronzaft, PhD