Noise in hospitals? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is listening
By David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, Quiet Coalition Oct 1, 2019 For those of us who’ve been working for decades on the tough problem of noise ...
Hospital noise still a problem? What’s being done?
By David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, Quiet Coalition Aug 1, 2019 This news story asserts that noise in hospitals is steadily increasing. In fac...
Hospital noise is bad for health
By Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Feb 1, 2019 In a 2017 presentation (link: ...
Why hospitals should let you sleep
By Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Jan 1, 2019 This piece by Austin Frakt in the New York Times discusses the need for hospi...
Hospitals can be made quieter
By Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Sep 1, 2018 This BBC report informs us that hospitals can become quieter. Anyone who has b...
Hospital noise reduces children’s sleep time
By Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Sep 1, 2018 This report discusses a study showing that hospital noise reduces children’s ...