10/01/2026
For National Protect Your Hearing Month, here’s one for the gamers: long sessions and loud volume can add up fast. New safe-listening guidelines are helping make it easier to protect your hearing while you play.
Ahead of World Hearing Day 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are highlighting the first global standard for safe listening in video gameplay and esport activities, which aims to reduce the risk of and prevent hearing loss among gamers.