Choosing a Gaming Headset With Hearing Health in Mind
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Choosing a Gaming Headset With Hearing Health in Mind
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Choosing a Gaming Headset With Hearing Health in Mind
Episode description (Spotify):
Most gaming headsets are built to sound hyped, not healthy. In this episode, clinical audiologist and esports hearing specialist Dr. Brian James, AuD, CCC-A breaks down how to choose a gaming headset that boosts performance and protects your ears.
We walk through the four pillars of a hearing-healthy headset—Isolation, Clarity, Comfort, and Control—and talk about real-world sound levels in gaming, why “more bass” isn’t always better, and how modern headsets like HyperX Cloud, BlackShark, Arctis Nova, and Audeze Maxwell can deliver more detail at safer volumes.
Whether you’re grinding ranked, coaching a team, or shopping for your teen’s next headset, you’ll learn how to read specs, interpret reviews, and run a simple “audiologist-style” test at home so you’re not trading long-term hearing for short-term hype.