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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink

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The quiet power of a car-free neighborhood

The quiet power of a car-free neighborhood

Photo credit: Julia Boateng by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Bloomberg reporter David Zipper recently wrote about the quiet power of car-free neighborhoods, based on a recent experience he had in the German city of Leipzig. Zipper found himself there...

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Electric construction equipment promises quiet

Electric construction equipment promises quiet

Photo credit: SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Last summer I hiked in Norway with my brothers. The trip ended in the northern city of Trondheim, where on my morning walk I saw electric heavy construction equipment. I had also seen...

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New York City horn complaints down

New York City horn complaints down

Photo credit: Nout Gons by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition With the headline "Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone," The City website in New York reports on an unintended side benefit of a government intervention meant to decrease...

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What’s that racket?

What’s that racket?

Photo credit: Vecislavas Popa by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition One might think I’m writing about pickleball noise based on the title of this blog post, but I’m not. I’m writing about apartment noise complaints in New York City. As I have noted before, a...

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Preventing hearing loss in children

Preventing hearing loss in children

Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Stanford Medicine Children’s Health blog, Healthier, Happy Lives, recently discussed preventing hearing loss in children on the occasion of World Hearing Day. World Hearing Day is on March 3 and...

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Georgia city sets universal sound limits

Georgia city sets universal sound limits

Photo credit: Kelly by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Atlanta News First website reports that the Decatur City Commission set universal noise levels for the city. Decatur is a small suburb of Atlanta, located about six miles from the state capital,...

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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