I assume you mean for romantic dinner and so on, not for sex?

I grew up in a mixed Deaf household and my auditory comprehension sucks sometimes.

I find that dim lighting is just fine to see what someone is saying. This can be accomplished with a fireplace and enough candles, really, or those fancy lights you can buy that are colored, or draping colored semi-transparent cloths over lights. Reading lips is harder in dim lighting than understanding ASL, in my opinion.

When we'd go camping, often just the campfire was enough for the Deaf members of the family to talk and understand.

As for... more intimate encounters, again, candle or dimmed colored lighting has always been plenty for me to understand, and a LOT can be accomplished through touch, to communicate without words.

Do you have any more specific questions? Part of the problem is I've never particularly "created" romantic space... romantic for me has always been going out to a nice restaurant, or cuddling together on the couch. Haha. And I like sex equally with the lights on (so I can watch) and off, heh. less

Does anyone have tips about how to maintain a romantic setting when you have to keep the lights on for deaf and hard of hearing partners.

I hope this isn't too invasive of a question, its a project for my ASL culture class.


As always, thank you in advance. less

I didn't notice it when I made the post, but my "does not equal" symbol was changed to a question mark.

What I was trying to ask is why does an absence of light equal romance? For the most part, people don't have control over the lighting of exterior locations: park, beach, etc, but even in an interior setting, why would a dinner be less romantic just because the lights are on? Same thing with sex — not every one needs to turn down or turn off the lights to enjoy it:

Lights On or Off?

Lights on or off

Lights ON or OFF? less

Does anyone have tips about how to maintain a romantic setting when you have to keep the lights on for deaf and hard of hearing partners.

I hope this isn't too invasive of a question, its a project for my ASL culture class.


As always, thank you in advance. less

You could dim the lights slightly but put up some candles, or Christmas lights.

Atmosphere is everything. Scent is a big thing for some people. Maybe try scented candles or nice perfume/cologne.

Curtains and blankets and pillows, flowers, stuff like that. Use interior decorating skills to make things visually appealing. Simple and pretty. Minimal but nice-looking. Oh, and a clean room! Vacuum up. No food on the floor. Wash the dishes. Nothing sexier than responsibility. less