Identify and define the phases of the listening process

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Sample student response:
Receiving—the physiological process of hearing in which the ears collect, convert, and transmit sound to the brain. If hearing is impaired, the eyes collect visual stimuli.

Attending—is the phase where you make your brain pay attention to a given sound or equivalent stimulus.

Understanding—occurs when you apply literal and emotional meaning to what you are attending to and is where communication really begins.

Responding—is the phase where you give feedback or reply to the messages you have processed.

Remembering—is retaining what you hear.

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What will be an ideal response?

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