The Meaning Behind the Sounds of Words
We all agree that the most important aspect of communication is, of course, the words we use. Then comes the inflections and tones of sounds that the words are presented or spoke in. We all have heard it said that it’s not what you said, it was how you said it.
Communication all comes down to so many levels of receiving information that we try to decipher what was said or how it was said. Bottom line, we will always remember how we felt after having a conversation much more than what was said during a conversation. The reason for this is that it is the tonal part of words that communicate the most powerful part of communications and that’s our feelings.
When you stop and think about it we project feelings with every word that comes out of our mouths. Most of us don’t stop to consider the power and effect of every word coming out or our mouths.
With this understanding, what if you couldn’t get the tonal sounds? What if you could only hear part of the inflections or have to strain to get any of the part of communication that affects us emotionally? Now you can understand what people with hearing loss are experiencing on a daily basis. Most of the patients I have talked to express the ill feelings towards others because of misunderstandings or misinterpreting the feelings they thought they heard.
This is what causes so many divisions between family members that have a hearing loss. It is hard enough having a relationship with someone when they have no problem hearing. Imagine how it is with someone who fills in the blanks of most conversations. They almost always end up with hurt feelings and feel misunderstood. When this goes on for years and years, you can guess how their hearing loss has changed them.
An uncorrected hearing loss can affect every relationship you have. And perhaps the relationship it affects the most is the one you have with yourself. Please get your hearing checked and if you have a hearing loss, get it corrected.
