diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/notifications/hooks/useSoundNotification.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/notifications/hooks/useSoundNotification.tsx
index ce9b3d3e..fcaa6cb7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/notifications/hooks/useSoundNotification.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/notifications/hooks/useSoundNotification.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import useSound from 'use-sound'
+import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
+import { notificationsStore } from '@/stores/notifications'
+import { NotificationType } from '@/features/notifications/NotificationType'
 
 // fixme - handle dynamic audio output changes
 export const useNotificationSound = () => {
+  const notificationsSnap = useSnapshot(notificationsStore)
   const [play] = useSound('./sounds/notifications.mp3', {
     sprite: {
       participantJoined: [0, 1150],
@@ -10,9 +14,11 @@ export const useNotificationSound = () => {
       waiting: [2039, 710],
       success: [2740, 1304],
     },
+    volume: notificationsSnap.soundNotificationVolume,
   })
-  const triggerNotificationSound = (type: string) => {
-    play({ id: type })
+  const triggerNotificationSound = (type: NotificationType) => {
+    const isSoundEnabled = notificationsSnap.soundNotifications.get(type)
+    if (isSoundEnabled) play({ id: type })
   }
   return { triggerNotificationSound }
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/stores/notifications.ts b/src/frontend/src/stores/notifications.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19871f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/stores/notifications.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { proxy, subscribe } from 'valtio'
+import { proxyMap } from 'valtio/utils'
+import { deserializeToProxyMap, serializeProxyMap } from '@/utils/valtio'
+import { STORAGE_KEYS } from '@/utils/storageKeys'
+import { NotificationType } from '@/features/notifications/NotificationType'
+
+type State = {
+  soundNotifications: Map<NotificationType, boolean>
+  soundNotificationVolume: number
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_STATE: State = {
+  soundNotifications: proxyMap(
+    new Map([
+      [NotificationType.ParticipantJoined, true],
+      [NotificationType.HandRaised, true],
+    ])
+  ),
+  soundNotificationVolume: 0.1,
+}
+
+function getNotificationsState(): State {
+  try {
+    const stored = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEYS.NOTIFICATIONS)
+    if (!stored) return DEFAULT_STATE
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(stored, deserializeToProxyMap)
+    return parsed || DEFAULT_STATE
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    console.error(
+      '[NotificationsStore] Failed to parse stored settings:',
+      error
+    )
+    return DEFAULT_STATE
+  }
+}
+
+export const notificationsStore = proxy<State>(getNotificationsState())
+
+subscribe(notificationsStore, () => {
+  localStorage.setItem(
+    STORAGE_KEYS.NOTIFICATIONS,
+    JSON.stringify(notificationsStore, serializeProxyMap)
+  )
+})