Auditory Assistance Resources

Automatic Volume Reduction

Disabling Volume Reduction in Windows

These instructions are for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Other versions of Windows will have similar instructions.

1. Right-click the [Sound] speaker [] icon in the task bar and select Sounds from the pop-up list. The Sound interface will open (figure 1).

   

   Figure 1. Sound interface

2. Select the [Communications] tab.
3. Select the Do nothing radio button, which is indicated in figure 1. (By default, the option to Reduce the volume of other sounds by 80% is selected.)
4. Select the [OK] button.