HEARING

V/S

LISTENING

PRESENTED BY :

Somya Avasthi (140210107001)

Nikita Bagadiya (140210107002)

Vaidehi Barevadia (140210107003)

Ridhhi Bhadani (140210107004)

Maitri Champaneri (140210107005)

HEARING

• According to HORRWORTH, hearing is the first component of listening process. In this process, sounds, words, sentences are received through ears.

• According to Merriam-Webster, hearing is “the process, function, or power of perceiving sound; specifically: the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli.”

• Hearing is one of the five senses of a person and it is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations through an organ such as the ear.

• Hearing is merely the vibration of sound waves on the eardrums followed by the firing of electro-chemical impulses in the brain.

• In hearing, vibrations are detected by the ear and then converted into nerve impulses and sent to the brain.

• Hearing occurs even in sleep, where the earprocesses the sounds and passes them onto the brain, but the brain does not always react to the sound.

• A person who is unable to hear has a

condition known as deafness.

• Humans have two organs to listen and just one to speak, so Listening is two times more difficult than speaking.

• Listening is a step further than hearing, where after the brain receives the nerve impulses and deciphers it, it then sends feedback.

• Listening is process of becoming aware of the sound signals entered through ears and modified by nervous system.

Listening

• Listening requires concentration, deriving meaning from the sound that is heard and reacting to it.

• Listening is a process of communication, where if the person is not listening it can cause a break in communication.

• Listening is defined by Merriam-Webster as, “to hear something with thoughtful attention: give consideration.”

• Listening also known as ‘active listening’ is a technique used in communication which requires a person to pay attention to the speaker and provide feedback.

• Listening is quite similar to reading as it involves the reception and decoding of verbal message from the other person.

• It is unwise to rely solely on your receiving the message; meticulous efforts should be made not only to receive these messages but to interpret them correctly.

• This can be understood by a example:

In a biology class, the teacher asked the students to refer to the book entitled Origin of Species by Darwin. One of the students sincerely rummaged through the library bookshelves looking for Oranges and Peaches, but to his utter dismay, he just could not find it. When he approached the teacher, he found to his consternation that the book was entitled Origin of Species and not what he thought he had heard.

PROCESS OF LISTENING

• Listening is a systematic process. It involves

following steps:

1. Input

2. Processing

3. Output

• Listening involves activities like reception and

decoding of verbal message sent by the speaker,

but careful efforts must also be made to interpret

them correctly.

• In addition, listening skill also involves the

recognition of some other signals like pause, stress,

tone and rhythm pattern.

• The whole listening process passes through four

stages, i.e.

• Sensing-The listener hears the sound with

attention

• Decoding-The listener decodes or interprets the

message

• Evaluating-The listener evaluates the message

• Response-The listener responds to the

message

• No communication process is complete without listening.

• Several studies have indicated that business people spend almost 45 per cent of their working time in listening.

• Similarly effective listening is extremely important for students, as they spend most of their time listening to lectures.

Importance of Listening

• It is said that a good listener becomes the best

communicator as he/she understands the value of

the words and emotions.

• They take in importance of speaking in a clear

manner to remove chances of misunderstandings.

• An active listener has lesser chances of

misunderstanding and misinterpreting ideas and

words as they also pick up on emotions that are

attached with the words.

• While we are not necessarily born as good

listeners, active listening skill can be learnt and

developed.

DIFFERENCE

• Hearing and Listening, though synonymous, are complete different things.

• Hearing is one of the five senses of a person and it is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations through an organ such as the ear. Listening also known as ‘active listening’ is a technique used in communication which requires a person to pay attention to the speaker and provide feedback.

• Listening is a step further than hearing, where after the brain receives the nerve impulses and deciphers it, it then sends feedback.

• You can listen to someone without actually hearing anything.

• Let’s put it this way, have you ever day dreamed in class? In this, though you were hearing the noise in the classroom, you did not listen to what the teacher was saying.

• So the main difference between hearing and listening is, while hearing only refers to your ears picking up noise, listening means to interpret the noise, understand it and provide an adequate response to it.