Physical barriers to communication can be internal or external. Internal barriers are physiological or biological in nature, such as sensory dysfunctions like illegible handwriting, deafness, or pronunciation problems that interfere with speaking, hearing, and seeing. External or environmental barriers are caused by physical surroundings and include distractions like competing noise from other conversations, loud music, traffic noise, or environmental stresses from factors like humidity, poor ventilation, or strong glare. Distractions within physical barriers can also come from competing stimuli, environmental stress, subjective stress from issues like sleeplessness or ill health, or ignorance about the communication medium being used.

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Various physical barriers to Communication

2. What is communication ?
Physical barrier
of
communication Environmental
Barrier (external
barrier)
By Charles summer Communication is
exchange of facts, ideas, opinions or
emotions by two or more persons.
What are the barriers
of communication ?
 Barriers block effective communication
and proper give and take of ideas.
What is communication
?

3. What is Physiological or Biological Barrier ?
It’s Also called as Internal Barrier
Because of the sensory dysfunction.
Speaking, hearing and seeing
Illegible handwriting, pronunciation problem, deafness , etc.

4. What Is Environmental Barrier ?
 It’s also called as External Barrier
 Because of Physical surrounding and nature
Rain, Traffic Noise, Music, Sound

5. Distraction in Physical Barrier
1. The Competing Stimulus
disturbances may be in the form of
another conversation such as
Loud music, traffic noise, etc.

6. 2. Environmental stress
In this case factors like humidity, poor
ventilation, strong glare, etc. may disturb
smooth communication.

7. •Subjective stress
Sleeplessness, ill health etc. disturb
listening and interpreting.

8. 4. Ignorance about the medium
The use of a medium with
which the Receiver not familiar
such as
inability to work on computer,
reading books, solving problems