Being hearing impaired I usually use headphones so the neighbors don’t complain when I turn up the volume.
My preference is for noise canceling headphones and have had a pair from Sony for many years. I (heart) them!
On the computer; plugging in the headphones mutes the speakers,a good thing.
I use them all the time with the computer; my new aids are Bluetooth to work with the TV / stereo.
I am told that if I plug it into the front of the black box it cancels all sound, and if I plug it into the back of the black box others can hear it at regular pitch and I can turn up my earphones and stop the litany of :
What did he say? Why did he say that? Who killed who? Where are they going? Why?