A bedroom trend is being dubbed as the hottest sex trend of the year - and chances are you're doing it without even realising.
It's 2024 babes and visual porn is just so last year, haven't you heard?
On the other hand, being stimulated by audio? Well, that's just a completely different kettle of fish.
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If you partake in this, you may well be an auralist.
Auralism refers to anything that revolves around audio and turns you on - but that's not restricted to the digital world.
Audio porn
Naughty apps and audiobooks are on the rise, where you can put on your headphones and sink away into a world where you seduce the plumber... or whatever you're into.
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Sex educator Gigi Engle told Metro: "It could be the sounds you’re making during sex, it could be audio erotica, it could be different words or phrases that people are saying that you’re particularly turned on by the sounds of them out loud.
"If you engage in auralism, you’re very much someone who experiences arousal from sound."
As well as hunkering down with a good old dose of audio porn, popularised by apps such as Dipsea and Quinn, there are a whole load of other ways to get your fix.
Talking dirty
One is dirty talk - something most of us have experimented with behind closed doors.
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This can be as simple as whispering sweet nothings into your lovers ear, or doing some full on role play to improve the mood.
Also taking on the form of moaning, giving reassurance - or, if you're into the humiliation kink - talking down to your partner.
Sex expert Ness Cooper explained: "Dirty talk can make the body release feel-good hormones, such as dopamine and oxytocin, which can not only turn us on but help us bond further with our sexual partners.
"Testosterone is also released which can help with arousal and orgasm."
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She added: "For example, words and phrases that are whispered – or added in with erotic sighs and moans – may have a higher chance of turning someone on, rather than louder dirty talk that can be a turn off for some.
"Due to the release of various hormones, dirty talk can help reduce stress, make the experience feel more connected and safer, and even help activate areas of the brain needed for orgasm."
ASMR
Defined as 'a feeling of well-being combined with a tingling sensation in the scalp and down the back of the neck, as experienced by some people in response to a specific gentle stimulus, often a particular sound,' ASMR has been popularised by TikTok.
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Think nails tapping on glass, whispering into a microphone, or clacking away on a keyboard - people can't seem to get enough.
Some people even get turned on by it.
Sex educator for Sextoys.co.uk, Gigi, said: "People do get really turned on by it.
"It really activates that arousal when you hear the whispering and the saliva, so it’s definitely a part of auralism.
"Some people simply find it relaxing and not necessarily a turn on but it’s okay if you do find it arousing – everyone responds to different things."
She concludes: "A lot of the noises that people find arousing will come from conditioning when they’ve heard something early in childhood or adolescence and it might have been unusual which they had an arousing response to."
Topics: Real Life, Sex and Relationships, Dating trends
Kya Buller