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Photo credit: Josh Withers by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from a London law firm is titled: "Commuting on the Tube could be a cause of noise-induced hearing loss." That is absolutely true. London’s wonderful Underground subway system,...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition We can close our eyes and fall asleep on a sunny beach after lunch, but we cannot close our ears. Hearing evolved eons ago to help animals either find food or avoid being eaten, and we can hear even...
Photo credit: Tima Miroshnichenko by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition A 2020 study from the National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders found that having fired 1,000 rounds or more was associated with hearing loss in American adults....
Photo credit: Lukas by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I’ve reached 100. No, not in years, but according to Google, my first peer-reviewed noise publication — an editorial published in 2017 — has been cited in other peer-reviewed articles 100 times. That’s...
Photo credit: Monica Silvestre by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I only listen to the radio when I’m in my car, and unless we’re heading to a Dodgers game, my choices are NPR on public radio station KCRW or the Los Angeles area’s classical music station,...
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Our colleague, pioneering noise researcher Dr. Arline Bronzaft, wrote a wonderful essay in the newsletter of the Holy Trinity Church, located in the Inwood and Washington Heights...
Photo credit: SHVETS production by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Why do I hear but not understand?" That is the title of one of the references in a recent article in Scientific Reports, published by the Nature publishing group in the United Kingdom. The...
Photo credit: cottonbro studio by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana recently ran a story about hearing loss in children. As audiologist Brian Fligor notes, noise exposure from activities children and teens often engage in,...
Photo credit: Quốc Bảo by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Nature (UK) publication Scientific Reports published a paper based on research done in Germany that surveyed about 400 amateur musicians and 400 professional musicians. A number of studies cited...