This application provides a hearing monitoring method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining ear overuse information of a user, where the ear overuse information includes accumulated duration and/or accumulated times of overuse of ears of the user; and generating prompt information or a control instruction based on the ear overuse information. In this solution, because accumulated information is obtained, impact of a misoperation of the user can be excluded, and continued overuse of ears is also fully detected. Therefore, an unnecessary or missed reminder is avoided, thereby achieving more accurate hearing monitoring effect.