Who makes the better listeners, men or women? Do you listen more than you talk? New research from digital hearing aid specialist GN Resound reveals that 47% of us feel we listen more than we talk, compared with just 15% who profess to being predominantly talkers. Perhaps controversially, a greater percentage of men classify themselves as listeners (54%) than women (43%). Three or four times per day people don’t hear clearly something said to them. This lack of clarity is a significant cause of fights – 70% of survey respondents said misunderstandings arise occasionally due to not hearing something clearly, with 1 in 10 saying it happens frequently.
Monday, December 5, 2011
The Art Of Listening
Who makes the better listeners, men or women? Do you listen more than you talk? New research from digital hearing aid specialist GN Resound reveals that 47% of us feel we listen more than we talk, compared with just 15% who profess to being predominantly talkers. Perhaps controversially, a greater percentage of men classify themselves as listeners (54%) than women (43%). Three or four times per day people don’t hear clearly something said to them. This lack of clarity is a significant cause of fights – 70% of survey respondents said misunderstandings arise occasionally due to not hearing something clearly, with 1 in 10 saying it happens frequently.
