Intimacy isn’t normally the first thing that one thinks of when you think about hearing aids. We get it. These tiny devices are usually advertised in very concrete terms. Love, conversely, is something better suited for music, poetry, and art.
But you might want to start looking at your hearing aid as an intimacy device due to the strong connection between your hearing and your relationship. After all, when doctors, researchers, and hearing specialists talk about “social isolation caused by hearing loss,” they’re also pointing to isolation from your partner. Which means it isn’t just chatting with the cashier at the grocery store that becomes more difficult, it’s also maintaining your most significant and intimate relationships.
Hearing loss doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t enjoy beautiful relationships and deep emotional connections. It’s just that doing so takes particular care and well-practiced adaptations. If you’ve been losing your hearing gradually and over time, you likely haven’t developed those additional skills, as a result, your relationships could suffer.
Conversely, something as obvious as a hearing aid can quickly and easily improve these important relationships and make true intimacy more possible. Here are some ways that hearing aids could have a positive impact on your love life.
Improved communication
It’s no secret that healthy relationships call for good communication (although, it is often harder to practice than it is to preach). Taking the time to communicate can help eliminate arguments, enhance emotional connections, and make everybody feel more respected and appreciated.
But hearing loss can intensify normal communication hurdles in the process making a challenging task much harder.
Here’s how a hearing aid will be most helpful:
- You’ll have more energy for communication.Hearing loss can leave you exhausted from struggling to communicate. Conversations can once again be enjoyable and invigorating.
- You’ll catch more of those softer, whispered moments. To put it bluntly, there’s no shouting in pillow talk. A hearing aid will foster more of those quiet, hushed experiences between you and your partner.
Your partner won’t have to be your translator
Going out with a group of friends won’t be all that much fun when your partner spends most of their time repeating everybody for your benefit. Similarly, you won’t have a very good time if you can’t hear anything that’s going on all night. It’s not hard to imagine the type of resentment this might cause.
Your independence can be protected by using hearing aids. You won’t depend on your partner to order food for you at a restaurant or repeat what everyone is saying at a dinner party. And going out alone to socialize will also be easier. This means you’ll have adventures and stories that you can bring home to your partner, enriching your relationship in the process.
Your partner’s needs will be more accessible to you
There are a lot of ways that hearing more might help make your partner’s life a bit easier. Perhaps you jump up and help with dinner because your hearing aids let you hear the cook timer ring. Or perhaps you hear your partner stumble on the floor and ask if they’re okay. You will have the chance to ask your partner what’s wrong if you hear them complain under their breath.
These might sound small and maybe even insignificant. But added up, these little gestures demonstrate your commitment and compassion. They demonstrate your level of care. And that’s what partners are should do! A hearing aid makes that much easier to accomplish because you’ll pick up on those sometimes subtle audio cues.
You won’t miss the power of a whisper
When you suffer from hearing loss, particularly when you haven’t noticed your symptoms, it may be hard to recognize that you’ve stopped hearing those breathy whispers shared during intimate moments. And let’s be truthful, those hushed sounds are part of the fun of intimacy. A hearing aid will allow you to enjoy the power of a whisper again. This means that your experience of partnership will be that much more powerful.
Helping Your Relationship
Every problem in your relationship won’t be fixed using a hearing aid, clearly. And if you do have hearing loss, you can still have romance. Hearing aids will make certain aspects of your love life more enjoyable and enriching and that’s the main point here.
So when hearing loss gets in the way of your connections, your relationships can get dicey and it can be tricky finding a cause. Make an appointment with us, a hearing aid could bring back welcome intimacy to your love life.