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Halimat Olunlade 10/12/26 Halimat Olunlade 10/12/26

More about movie noise

Dr. Daniel Fink talks more about the growing issue of too-loud movies.

Halimat Olunlade 10/9/26 Halimat Olunlade 10/9/26

Noise In The News: Weekly Round-Up

The Quiet Coalition’s weekly news round-up.

Halimat Olunlade 10/7/26 Halimat Olunlade 10/7/26

eVTOL vertiport planned for Los Angeles

Dr. Daniel Fink discusses plans to build a new evTOL veritport in Los Angeles

Halimat Olunlade 10/5/26 Halimat Olunlade 10/5/26

Who owns noise?

Dr. Daniel Fink’s latest blog examines noise not just as sound, but as a shared social concept asking, who really owns it?

Halimat Olunlade 10/2/26 Halimat Olunlade 10/2/26

Noise In The News: Weekly Round-Up

The Quiet Coalition’s weekly news round-up.

Halimat Olunlade 9/30/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/30/26

Audiologists warn: White noise machines may damage your hearing health

The world is loud, but how safe is listening to white noise to tune it out? In a new Quiet Coalition blog, Dr. Daniel Fink reviews a new article exploring the harms that white noise machines can cause to your hearing.

Halimat Olunlade 9/28/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/28/26

Please take out your earbuds and listen to the world around you

Dr. Daniel Fink reflects on what we miss out on when we tune out the world while wearing earbuds.

Halimat Olunlade 9/25/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/25/26

Noise In The News: Weekly Round-Up

The Quiet Coalition’s weekly news round-up.

Halimat Olunlade 9/23/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/23/26

Are movie theaters getting too loud?

Dr. Daniel Fink discusses the growing issue — and health impacts — of too-loud movie theaters.

Halimat Olunlade 9/21/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/21/26

Are Amazon’s delivery drones really no louder than an electric toothbrush?

Dr. Daniel Fink explores the mystery of how loud Amazon’s delivery drones really are.

Halimat Olunlade 9/18/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/18/26

Noise In The News: Weekly Round-Up

The Quiet Coalition’s weekly news round-up.

Halimat Olunlade 9/16/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/16/26

Is it time to 86 the 60/60 rule?

Dr. Daniel Fink explores the 60/60 rule and its actual usefulness in protecting your hearing.

Halimat Olunlade 9/14/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/14/26

Quiet communities’ founder quoted in Guardian article about data center noise

Dr. Daniel Fink covers a Guardian article on New Jersey's data center noise controversy, featuring Quiet Communities founder Dr. Jamie Banks.

Halimat Olunlade 9/7/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/7/26

Happy Labor Day!

Halimat Olunlade 9/4/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/4/26

Noise In The News: Weekly Round-Up

The Quiet Coalition’s weekly news round-up.

Halimat Olunlade 9/2/26 Halimat Olunlade 9/2/26

A new model for addressing noise in New York City

The Quiet Coalition's Jeanine Botta, MPH, examines New York City noise regulation, 311 complaint failures, and proposed alternatives to punitive enforcement.

Halimat Olunlade 8/31/26 Halimat Olunlade 8/31/26

Noisy data center debate goes on while lawmakers on summer break

Dr. Daniel Fink breaks down how continuous data center noise threatens public health with sleep loss and cardiovascular stress while exposing critical gaps in environmental regulation.

Halimat Olunlade 8/28/26 Halimat Olunlade 8/28/26

Noise In The News: Weekly Round-Up

The Quiet Coalition’s weekly news round-up.

Halimat Olunlade 8/26/26 Halimat Olunlade 8/26/26

Anxiety and depression combined with transportation noise increases cardiovascular disease risk

Dr. Daniel Fink delves into a recent study finding that combined exposure to transportation noise, anxiety, and depression additively increases cardiovascular disease risk by 17% per additional exposure.