Listening allows us to be receptive to the needs, concerns, and informationof others, as well as the environment around us.

Listening has to do with assigning meaning to the stimuli received by our brain.

To listen is to attach "meaning to the aural symbol perceived".

Listening is an active process, involving mind and body, with verbal and nonverbal processes working together.

Listening Defined

Listening is conceived differently depending upon how peopleintend to apply the definition.

Listening can be learned.

Concepts most often included in the definition of listening were: perception, attention, interpretation, response, and spoken and visual cues.