This document discusses various barriers to effective listening. It identifies environmental barriers such as an uncomfortable room temperature or noise. Linguistic barriers include the use of jargon or complex sentences. Psychological barriers relate to emotions like anger or anxiety that interfere with listening. Perceptual barriers arise from differences in social or cultural backgrounds between the speaker and listener. The speed of the speaker and physiological factors of the listener like fatigue or illness can also impede successful communication.

1. TEACHER:
DR.CHETAN TRIVEDI

2.  NAME: JIMIT A. SHAH
 BRANCH: I.T.
 sem.: 1
 YEAR: 2016-17
 ENR NO.: 16021011645

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

4.  Barriers to listening take many
forms. It is inevitable that
barriers will exit in any
interaction, but anything
which stops concentration,
allowing the mind to wander
off the topic, must be
recognized and overcome if
fully successful communication
is to take the place.

5.  Environmental Barriers.
 Linguistic Barriers.
 Psychological Barriers.
 Perceptual Barriers.
 Speed of the Speaker.
 Physiological Barriers.

6.  The listener may not listen more than a limited
time. The following, if encountered, can make us
switch off form what is being said, to allow our
minds to temporarily concentrate on our
surroundings:
 The room too hot or cold.
 The chair uncomfortable.
 Noise.
 The lighting too bright or too dim.
 Smells.
 Bad ventilation; stuffy/smoky atmosphere.

7.  Linguistic barriers derive from the
speaker and make it difficult for
them to be listened to. They can be
summarized as follows:
 Jargon or specialist language.
 Badly organized material.
 Complex sentences.
 Complex vocabulary.

8.  Emotion states which are brought to the
communication or result from it can
come between what is being said and
effective listening and understanding,
for example:
 Anger.
 Own anxiety.
 Frustration, inability to put across ideas.
 Status difference.
 Prejudice.

9.  The speaker and the listener sometimes
see the same situation from a different
point of view and this can affect
understanding (e.g. Parent and child).
Examples of perceptual barriers are:
 Social/cultural background differences.
 Attitude unexpected.
 Appearance of speaker.
 Mannerisms.
 Accents.

10.  Speed of the speaker can act as barrier
to listening .If the speaker is speaking
too speedily, the listener have no other
alternative left then watching the circus
of the speaker.
 Monotonous voice.
 Inappropriate tone.
 Delivery too fast.
 Delivery too loud.

11.  The physical condition of the listener
can affect the concentration and restrict
the amount of information taken. For
example:
 Headache
 Hearing impairment.
 Tiredness.
 Discomfort, pain, illness.
 Poor eyesight.

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