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Photo credit: Anthony Shkraba from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The New York Times Wircutter finally has accurate information about protecting children’s hearing. This is great news. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find good information about...
Photo credit: Andrés García from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from Boston public radio station WGBH discusses increasing noise levels in Boston, quoting Boston Magazine reporter Spencer Buell and noise researcher Erica Walker MSc,...
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition How are smoking and loud noise similar? Reading that sentence, you may think, “Has Dr. Fink lost his mind?” No, I don’t think so. The American Heart Association News published this report, based on research published by...
Photo credit: Jess Bailey Designs from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Patently Apple has written about the technology behind Apple's newest patent for in-ear sound level monitoring, i.e., sound pressure level monitoring. Having a patent approved...
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This piece on Agriculture.com discusses noise-induced hearing loss. We city dwellers think of the countryside as being quiet, but that’s not correct for those who grow or raise the food we eat. As writer Lisa Foust Prater...
Photo credit: ELEVATE from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article onToday's website discusses Contento, a new restaurant in New York City. The restaurant was designed for owner Yannick Benjamin, who was paralyzed as the result a motor...
Photo credit: Kevin Bidwell from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Well, I’m exaggerating. A resident physician and a medical student aren’t babies, but they are still in training. Despite this, Michael Denham and Alexander Chern give sound advice...
Photo credit: Blausen.com staff (2014), "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014," licensed under CC BY 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Loud noise exposure, such as at a rock concert or after using a noisy appliance or power tool, causes temporary...
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition One usually doesn’t think of occupational hearing loss as a problem for professionals, just for factory workers or miners or heavy equipment operators, but it is a problem for...