Protect Your Hearing: Understanding Safe Gaming Noise Levels

2024-01-18 06:42:00

While gamers obviously have the ability and freedom to reduce the volume during play, the study suggests that exposure duration is crucial. The World Health Organization (WHO) safety thresholds indicate that adults can listen to 80 dB for 40 hours per week without putting themselves at risk. But beyond this threshold, the safe exposure time decreases rapidly. Let’s imagine that in addition, certain shooting games reach noise levels sometimes reaching 88.5 or even 91.2 dB.

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