When you imagine hearing aids, intimacy most likely isn’t the first thing you consider. We get it. These tiny devices are normally presented in very concrete terms. Love, conversely, is something better suited for music, poetry, and art.
But you might want to begin viewing your hearing aid as an intimacy device because of the strong connection between your hearing and your relationship. After all, the social separation that comes from untreated hearing loss can also mean isolation from your partner. That means preserving intimate relationships will be just as difficult as attempting to communicate with the clerk at the grocery store.
Hearing loss doesn’t inevitably mean you can’t enjoy wonderful relationships and deep emotional connections. But it will be necessary to make some practiced adaptations and take some special care. If you’ve been losing your hearing gradually and over time, you probably haven’t matured those additional skills, as a result, your relationships could suffer.
Conversely, something as obvious as a hearing aid can quickly and easily enhance these important relationships and make true intimacy more possible. Hearing aids can have a positive impact on your love life in the following ways.
Improved communication
Obviously, healthy relationships require strong communication (although, it is sometimes harder to practice than it is to preach). Everyone will feel more appreciated and valued with strong communication allowing stronger emotional connections and decreasing arguments.
But hearing loss can compound normal communication hurdles in the process making a difficult task much more difficult.
A hearing aid will help most quickly in the following ways:
- The softer, whispered moments won’t get lost. To put it directly, there’s no shouting in pillow talk. A hearing aid will foster more of those quiet, hushed moments between you and your partner.
- You’ll have more energy for communication.Hearing loss can leave you fatigued from struggling to communicate. With a hearing aid, chatting can be fun and energizing once more.
You won’t need to use your partner as a translator
If your partner has to repeat everything being said, it doesn’t make for a really romantic evening. Likewise, you won’t have much fun if you’re unable to hear anything that’s happening all night. It’s not difficult to imagine the type of resentment this might cause.
Your independence can be maintained by using hearing aids. Your partner won’t need to order your food at a restaurant or be your translator when you’re having dinner with friends. And going out solo to socialize will also be easier. You will be able to enrich your relationship by bringing home stories and adventures to share.
Your partner’s needs will be more accessible to you
Your partner’s life will be a whole lot easier in so many ways if you can hear clearly. Maybe you jump in and help with dinner because your hearing aids permitted you to hear the cook timer ring. Or maybe you ask your partner if they need help when you hear them stumble on the floor. You will have the chance to ask your partner what’s wrong if you hear them complain under their breath.
All of this might not sound like much of a big deal. But these little gestures, taken together, will demonstrate to your partner that you’re compassionate and committed. They demonstrate your level of care. And that will make you a good partner. You will have a substantially easier time achieving this with hearing aids which will help you detect more discreet audio cues.
You won’t miss the power of a whisper
When you have hearing loss, especially when you haven’t noticed your symptoms, it might be tough to recognize that you’ve stopped hearing those breathy whispers shared during romantic occasions. And part of the fun of being intimate, let’s be honest, is those discreet, hushed moments. You will once again be able to experience the power of a whisper. This means that your experience of partnership will be that much more powerful.
Helping Your Relationship
Every issue in your relationship won’t be fixed using a hearing aid, clearly. And if you do have hearing loss, you can still have intimacy. The point here is that a hearing aid will make certain aspects of your love life more pleasurable and more enriching.
So if your relationship is a little… dicey… and you’re struggling to find a cause, it might be that your hearing loss is inhibiting your connections. Schedule an appointment with us, a hearing aid could bring back welcome intimacy to your love life.
