The Growing Concern of Gaming-Related Hearing Loss

Gaming and Hearing Loss: The Alarming Findings of a Major Review

Parents should force children to turn down the volume of computer games or risk irreversible hearing loss in the future, new research suggests. A major review by the World Health Organization (WHO) involving more than 50,000 people found that sound levels are often near, or exceed, safe limits. This is particularly concerning considering that gamers often play at high-intensity sound levels and for several hours at a time, while impulse noises such as shooting sounds can reach very high levels.