diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2f2808..7beb15a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
     "react-tabs": "^6.1.0",
     "react-use": "^17.6.0",
     "sonner": "^2.0.7",
-    "tailwindcss": "^4.1.11"
+    "tailwindcss": "^4.1.11",
+    "use-debounce": "^10.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.32.0",
diff --git a/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx b/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx
index 3f59679..2ff85b1 100644
--- a/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SightingsWidget/SightingWidget.tsx
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ export default function SightingHistoryWidget({ className, title }: SightingHist
     if (!isSightingModalOpen && modalQueue.length > 0) {
       const next = modalQueue[0];
 
-      if (next.kind === "NPED") npedSound();
-      else hotlistsound();
+      // if (next.kind === "NPED") npedSound();
+      // else hotlistsound();
 
       setSelectedSighting(next.sighting);
       setSightingModalOpen(true);
diff --git a/src/hooks/useSightingFeed.ts b/src/hooks/useSightingFeed.ts
index 4c7d88e..a3d19a8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSightingFeed.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSightingFeed.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useDebouncedCallback } from "use-debounce";
 import { Query, useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import type { SightingType } from "../types/types";
-import { useSoundOnChange } from "react-sounds";
+import { useSound } from "react-sounds";
 import { useSoundContext } from "../context/SoundContext";
-import { getSoundFileURL } from "../utils/utils";
+import { checkIsHotListHit, getNPEDCategory, getSoundFileURL } from "../utils/utils";
 import switchSound from "../assets/sounds/ui/switch.mp3";
+import notification from "../assets/sounds/ui/notification.mp3";
+import popup from "../assets/sounds/ui/popup_open.mp3";
 
 async function fetchSighting(url: string | undefined, ref: number): Promise<SightingType> {
   const res = await fetch(`${url}${ref}`, {
@@ -21,26 +24,21 @@ export function useSightingFeed(url: string | undefined) {
   const [sessionStarted, setSessionStarted] = useState(false);
   const [selectedSighting, setSelectedSighting] = useState<SightingType | null>(null);
 
-  const mostRecent = sightings[0] ?? null;
-  const latestRef = mostRecent?.ref ?? null;
-
-  const first = useRef(true);
-  const lastSoundAt = useRef(0);
-  const COOLDOWN_MS = 1500;
-  const currentRef = useRef<number>(-1);
-  const lastValidTimestamp = useRef<number>(Date.now());
-
-  const trigger = useMemo(() => {
-    if (latestRef == null || !audioArmed) return null;
-    if (first.current) {
-      first.current = false;
-      return Symbol("skip");
+  const soundSrcHotlist = useMemo(() => {
+    if (state?.hotlistSound?.includes(".mp3") || state.hotlistSound?.includes(".wav")) {
+      const file = state.soundOptions?.find((item) => item.name === state.hotlistSound);
+      return file?.soundUrl ?? notification;
     }
-    const now = Date.now();
-    if (now - lastSoundAt.current < COOLDOWN_MS) return Symbol("skip");
-    lastSoundAt.current = now;
-    return latestRef;
-  }, [audioArmed, latestRef]);
+    return getSoundFileURL(state?.hotlistSound) ?? notification;
+  }, [state.hotlistSound, state.soundOptions]);
+
+  const soundSrcNped = useMemo(() => {
+    if (state?.NPEDsound?.includes(".mp3") || state.NPEDsound?.includes(".wav")) {
+      const file = state.soundOptions?.find((item) => item.name === state.NPEDsound);
+      return file?.soundUrl ?? popup;
+    }
+    return getSoundFileURL(state.NPEDsound) ?? popup;
+  }, [state.NPEDsound, state.soundOptions]);
 
   const soundSrc = useMemo(() => {
     if (state?.sightingSound?.includes(".mp3") || state.sightingSound?.includes(".wav")) {
@@ -50,6 +48,15 @@ export function useSightingFeed(url: string | undefined) {
     return getSoundFileURL(state?.sightingSound) ?? switchSound;
   }, [state.sightingSound, state.soundOptions]);
 
+  const { play: hotlistsound } = useSound(soundSrcHotlist, { volume: state.hotlistSoundVolume });
+  const { play: npedSound } = useSound(soundSrcNped, { volume: state.NPEDsoundVolume });
+  const { play: sightingSound } = useSound(soundSrc, { volume: state.sightingVolume });
+
+  const mostRecent = sightings[0] ?? null;
+
+  const currentRef = useRef<number>(-1);
+  const lastValidTimestamp = useRef<number>(Date.now());
+
   function refetchInterval(query: Query<SightingType, Error, SightingType, (string | undefined)[]>) {
     if (!query) return;
     const data = query.state.data as SightingType | undefined;
@@ -78,16 +85,36 @@ export function useSightingFeed(url: string | undefined) {
     staleTime: 0,
   });
 
-  //use latestref instead of trigger to revert back
+  const playHotlistsound = useDebouncedCallback(() => {
+    hotlistsound();
+  }, 500);
 
-  useSoundOnChange(soundSrc, trigger, {
-    volume: state.sightingVolume,
-    initial: false,
-  });
+  const playNPEDHitSound = useDebouncedCallback(() => {
+    npedSound();
+  }, 500);
+
+  const playSightingHitSound = useDebouncedCallback(() => {
+    sightingSound();
+  }, 500);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const data = query.data;
+
     if (!data || data.ref === -1) return;
+    const isHotListHit = checkIsHotListHit(data);
+    const cat = getNPEDCategory(data);
+
+    const isNPEDHitA = cat === "A";
+    const isNPEDHitB = cat === "B";
+    const isNPEDHitC = cat === "C";
+
+    if ((isNPEDHitA && audioArmed) || (isNPEDHitB && audioArmed) || (isNPEDHitC && audioArmed)) {
+      playNPEDHitSound();
+    } else if (isHotListHit && audioArmed) {
+      playHotlistsound();
+    } else if (audioArmed) {
+      playSightingHitSound();
+    }
 
     const now = Date.now();
 
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index 0e9f1bc..4f869e5 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import warning from "../assets/sounds/ui/Warning.wav";
 import ding from "../assets/sounds/ui/Ding.wav";
 import shutter from "../assets/sounds/ui/shutter.mp3";
 import attention from "../assets/sounds/ui/Attention.wav";
-
 import type { HotlistMatches, SightingType } from "../types/types";
 
 export function getSoundFileURL(name: string) {
@@ -158,4 +157,4 @@ export function getHotlistName(obj: HotlistMatches | undefined) {
 }
 
 export const getNPEDCategory = (r?: SightingType | null) =>
-  r?.metadata?.npedJSON?.["NPED CATEGORY"] as "A" | "B" | "C" | undefined;
+  r?.metadata?.npedJSON?.["NPED CATEGORY"] as "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | undefined;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index db3053e..42dbb1c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2267,6 +2267,11 @@ uri-js@^4.2.2:
   dependencies:
     punycode "^2.1.0"
 
+use-debounce@^10.0.6:
+  version "10.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/use-debounce/-/use-debounce-10.0.6.tgz#e05060a5e561432ec740c653698f3eb162bd28ec"
+  integrity sha512-C5OtPyhAZgVoteO9heXMTdW7v/IbFI+8bSVKYCJrSmiWWCLsbUxiBSp4t9v0hNBTGY97bT72ydDIDyGSFWfwXg==
+
 vite@^7.1.0:
   version "7.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite/-/vite-7.1.2.tgz"