Photo credit: Shukhrat Umarov from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition With legislation awaiting Governor Cuomo’s signature that would allow police officers to better assess sound levels of loud cars and then impose penalties on those drivers and with other legislation introduced to install noise cameras
Photo credit: Justin Doub licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist The North Carolina State Fair will be more inclusive this year by offering an accessABILITY Day during the 10-day event. The goal is to limit sensory overload so that more people can attend the fair. This could include people with
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Joanna York, Connexion France, reports that noise pollution in France costs €156 billion annually. York reviewed a study done by the France’s Conseil National de Bruit (National Noise Council) and l’Agence de l La Transition e Ecologique (Ecological Transition Agency). Noise pollution affects 25 million people in
Photo credit: Jiarong Deng from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in the European journal Noise Mapping documents that the type of road surface is the major influence on electric vehicle noise levels at urban speeds. This scientific research confirms my own observations that except when accelerating, or for vehicles,
Photo credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In “Loud Noise: The Not-So-Silent Killer Is Back,” Kimberly Rae Miller, writing in the July/August AARP Bulletin, notes that the end of the pandemic will very likely bring us back to a noisier world. This
Photo credit: ThisIsEngineering from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition What noises cause hearing loss? That’s a good question, one that many people have asked, and until now guidance about this from the federal government wasn’t clear. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has said “[k]now which noises can
Photo credit: Aberdeen Proving Ground licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This article in The Hearing Journal describes a study published in Noise & Health about sound levels in group spin classes in Baltimore, Maryland. The average noise levels were measured in both A-weighted and C-weighted decibels (dBA
Photo credit: Timothy Valentine licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Ban the awful leaf blowers. That’s the headline for a letter to the editor in the Camden New Journal, an independent newspaper in London. The writer includes some details of leaf blower history that I didn’t know, namely:
Photo courtesy of Mack Trucks by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Sami Grover, Treehugger, writes that the New York City’s Sanitation Department has been testing a fully electric refuse vehicle this past year. The refuse vehicles must have performed well, as Grover notes that the DSNY has
Photo credit: Charles from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Fireworks scare dogs. Both USA Today and Wisconsin Public Radio have warnings about how fireworks stresses animals, and things you can do to try to keep your pets--especially dogs--calm. Some communities have started using quiet fireworks, that don’t have the “BOOM” associated
