B-rad writes:Quote: |
IMO, you learn to listen just like you learn to do anything else, instruction and practice.
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EXACTLY!!!!
there is a little more to it then that, more in a minute...
lucey writes:Quote: |
listening, is about hearing music. by this i mean we generally hear 'ourselves' and have to learn to hear music. by nature, we hear what we like and dislike and this is not hearing music.
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i'm taking this slightly out of context......so don't take it personally brian.....
listening isn't about music at all, nor is it about sound hitting the ear drum in any way, shape, or form.
listening is what your brain does when it decodes the messages sent by your ear
listening is the brain paying attention to auditory stimuli
a recent study (and on going research) is showing that being exposed to sound.....of any kind....actually exercises the ear and shaprens the mind's auditory "sense"
this holds true with high volumes typically associated with "dangerous". the idea is pretty basic and can be displayed in standard analogies we see all the time and have accepted as true
a trained and skilled chef typically has a much better sense of taste then the average man......he uses it daily, and relies on it to do is job.....thus his mind as sharpened and focused that sense. surgeons typically have very steady hands and very sensitive hands. their minds have sharpened their touch and reflex sense in their arms and hands in order to perform their jobs.....
it is not a new theory that, nor a theory at all any more, the mind can be focused and honed in specific areas to enhance a persons ability to perform a specific task repeatedily.
there is currently a lot of research going on regarding the ear and the the entire hearing chain.....
scientists are discovering some very interesting things on this topic, and it will be fascinating to see how it all develops and gets implimented into "common" practice for ENT's