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– Quiet Coalition Founder and Chair Dr. Daniel Fink

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Plan to attend the next UECNA webinar

Plan to attend the next UECNA webinar

Photo credit: 周 康 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Union Against Aircraft Nuisance announced its next webinar on March 25 at 6 p.m. Central European Time. That’s noon in New York and 9 a.m. in Los Angeles. The speaker is Thomas Münzel from...

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Travel has never been this loud

Travel has never been this loud

Photo credit: nappy by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Dallas Morning News recently ran an article by Christopher Elliott about travel noise. Elliott notes that travel is noisy, both in airplanes but also when staying in hotels or walking along city...

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Sound advice from an expert on hearing

Sound advice from an expert on hearing

Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In a New York Times article titled "35 Health Tips Experts Swear By," Dr. Frank Lin, Director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, gave this tip: “I make...

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A disturbing, maddening yet strangely hopeful read

A disturbing, maddening yet strangely hopeful read

Photo credit: Kaique Rocha by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition This Bloomberg article titled: "A Loud Warning from the Past about Living with Cars" covers a lot of ground, and leaves much to think about. Bloomberg contributor and vehicle expert...

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This gene therapy restored hearing in 11 of 12 children

This gene therapy restored hearing in 11 of 12 children

Photo credit: Lukas by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Fierce Biotech website reported that the biotech company Regeneron has a new gene therapy that restored hearing in 11 of 12 children born with a rare congenital genetic form of deafness. The...

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Using AI for noise reduction in call centers

Using AI for noise reduction in call centers

Photo credit: Tima Miroshnichenko by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Call centers can be loud with employees talking to customers, HVAC noise and the hum of fluorescent lights. The Destination CRM website reports that noise-canceling systems using...

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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