Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Noise reduction is a key to wellness. That is not only true, it’s also the title of an article in the magazine Kitchen & Bath Design News. Writer Jamie Gold discusses the importance of sound, or...
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No mention of noise in National Public Health Week
Photo credit: Genaro Servín by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This coming Monday marks the start National Public Health Week, April 1-7, 2024. I checked the schedule of events, but didn’t see anything about noise. It is important for public health...
‘Cancelling noise’
Photo credit: Pok Rie by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Cancelling Noise" is the title of a wonderful essay in Canada’s The Globe and Mail. In the essay, Author Michael Harris describes the deleterious effects of noise pollution on humans and animals....
World Hearing Day is March 3
Photo credit: Simon Migaj by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition On Sunday, March 3, communities around the globe will celebrate World Hearing Day 2024. The theme, decided by the World Health Organization, is: Changing mindsets: Let’s make ear and hearing care...
How can we deal with city sounds?
Photo credit: Deane Bayas by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies This article posted by nonprofit Strong Towns begins by stating that one's view on urban sounds — positive or...
The sound of injustice
Photo credit: Lucas Pezeta by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Acoustic ecologists at Colorado State University published a study in which they found that there is greater...
Arline Bronzaft’s vision for a sociable city
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I just listened to a wonderful Sociable City interview on urban noise with my colleague and friend Arline Bronzaft. Arline's interview is titled: "Bringing Logical Solutions to Sound Conflicts in...
Loud noise is damaging our ears
Photo credit: Afta Putta Gunawan by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from an Oklahoma television station emphasizes that excessive noise exposure that causes hearing loss and tinnitus is a serious problem in that state. But it’s actually a...
Urban noise pollution harms people and wildlife
Photo credit: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies New research from Colorado State University links urban noise pollution to the historical practice...