Video Game News Study Indicates Gamers Face Potential Irreversible Hearing Damage and Tinnitus Risk

[Mrs Shortie Claus]

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[Uncrowned Guard]

I feel like this is unfairly adding gaming into the problem. The study should be that listening to high volumes causes hearing problems.

 

[Teegold]

There are some of us that actually play without the big headsets. It is just normal TV sound for us, I suppose we are not among the scope of the study.

 

[eLdavis]

I do not accept this though, unless the gamer is playing the game with a headset and on high volume on a regular basis. I feel this is the only way it can cause hearing problems. Like myself most times when I play games, the volume is usually very low that even the next person might not hear it.