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Photo credit: Quiet Communities Staff by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Every day, people are affected by harmful noise from leaf blowers, vehicles with noisy mufflers, aircraft and data centers located too close to residential neighborhoods. The list...
Photo credit: Francesco Ungaro by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The World Health Organization celebrates World Hearing Day on March 3. The numeral "3" sort of looks like an ear, which is why this day was selected. This year’s World Hearing Day theme is:...
Photo credit: TheVillagesFL licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition “Does pickleball noise constitute an ‘auditory assault’? These Boise homeowners say yes.” That’s the headline of an article in the Idaho Statesman that covers a tort...
Photo credit: Christina Morillo by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Are bone conduction headphones safer for your ears? That’s a question that a reader named Bill asked The Naked Scientists website. The answer is simple: “No.” Bone conduction headphones...
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I often write: “If it sounds loud, it’s too loud and your auditory health* is at risk. Turn down the volume, leave the noisy environment or use hearing protection.” Hearing protection...
Photo credit: Kristina Paukshtite by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Parliament Petition Group in the European Parliament reports that member Peter Agius is petitioning for enforcement of European Union noise requirements on the island of...
Photo credit: Matthias Zomer by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Do we actually hear silence? That’s the title of a Scientific American article by Shayla Love. Love reports that researchers at Johns Hopkins University did an experiment to study if this is...
Photo credit: Zezen Zaenal Mutaqin by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The European Vox news site reports that according to the European Court of Auditors, 450 million people are at risk from noise and air pollution in European cities. European Union...
Photo credit: Allan Mas by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition An interesting story in Science Daily reports that sound is a primary issue in the lives of skateboarders. Who knew? The story is based on research done at the University of Exeter in the United...