Sometimes when we are absorbed in our own thoughts and concerns, we can't focus on what someone else is saying. You attend school, you probably work, you might be raising a family, and you have your own personal issues to work through every day. Let's face it, you have a lot going on in your life. Or what if a speaker condenses so many statistics into the presentation that you cannot keep track of all the numbers? That's information overload. You become overwhelmed and you'll probably find yourself tuning out at some point. In a public speaking class you can experience this when listening to your fellow classmates give speeches- especially if you're hearing 20 speeches one after the other. Information overload is when you have so much information coming at you it's easy to become overwhelmed. With all we have to listen to, there are going to be times where we experience information overload . Of that seventy percent, forty-five percent of that time is spent listening. Seventy percent of our waking time is spent in some sort of communication situation. We'll discuss five different barriers to effective listening: Information overload, personal concerns or issues, outside distractions, prejudice, and rate of speech and thought. When you have a better understanding of the potential barriers to effective listening you can pinpoint where your weaknesses are and work on building them up to make you a better listener.
A barrier to listening is anything that is physically or philologically hindering you from recognizing, understanding, and accurately interpreting the message that you are receiving.
Now that you have a better understanding of the types and styles of listening we will now discuss the barriers to listening.
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