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: Edgie168 licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition The pandemic hurt New York City’s businesses significantly and, thus, opening up the City is being welcomed by everyone, not just business owners. New York City Nightlife Director Ariel Palitz is now recommending
Image credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This NPR report on tinnitus contains lots of good information and I recommend it highly. I served on the board of the American Tinnitus Association from 2015-2018, and I know the expertise of its staff and board members and their dedication
Photo credit: One Shot from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Kudos to the zoning enforcement authorities in Miami Beach for making a hotel turn down the volume. According to the Miami Herald, a new hotel with celebrity owners and developers installed a loud sound system in its nightclub. Then the neighbors
Photo credit: Kevin Baird licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Noise complaints centering on loud speakers in parked autos along New York City streets has been a traditional New York City warm weather complaint. This complaint is only one of the nearly 300,000
Photo credit: by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Acoustical Society of America meeting took place from June 8-10 this year. At a special session on non-occupational noise exposure and hearing loss, my noise colleague Jan Mayes presented one paper and I presented another. Jan’s paper on "Personal Audio System Use Can Harm
Photo credit: Zen Chung from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition On June 10, our noise colleague Jan Mayes presented a paper at the 180th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America titled “Personal Audio System Use Can Harm Auditory Health." I was co-author, and participated in a press conference organized by
by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist A recent article about the hearing loss crisis among musicians reports hearing loss as every musician’s worst nightmare and as devastating for a musician as losing a hand. Many professional musicians have permanent hearing problems from not protecting their hearing until after chronic tinnitus or distortion and muffling hearing
Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Numerous studies over the last several years demonstrate that most users of personal audio systems (e.g., iPods, MP3 players, smart phones) listen to their devices at too high sound levels. Additionally, in the U.S. a Nielsen study cited in Forbes reported
Photo credit: Chuck Kardous, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist If I had $1 for every time I see an article incorrectly state that 85 decibels (dB) is “safe” for auditory health, I would be rich. It’s especially frustrating to read in a musicradar.com article with a
