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Barriers to Effective Listening
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There are several barriers to effective
listening which weaken the process of listening. On one side hearing continues
constantly but listening is not a continuous process because the process of
listening can be stopped due to various physical and psychological factors.
· Surrounding
Condition:
Environmental conditions like
humidity, temperature, noise pollution, period of time, lack of lights,
ventilation etc. negatively affects the listening process. In such environment,
a listener gets bored and often becomes a victim of distraction.
· Space/
Distance:
Space or distance between the
speaker and the listener also plays a vital role in listening process. Due to
much distance between the listener and the speaker, the listener cannot get the
message of the speaker properly. Whereas due to close space between them may
listener feel uncomfortable and restless.
· Speed of
the Speaker:
If the speaker is speaking too
speedily, the listener would fumble to concentrate on the thoughts and ideas of
the speaker. If the speaker speaks too slowly, the listener starts yawning and
feeling sleepy. In this way, speed of the speaker also affects the process of
effective listening.
· Speaker’s
Non Verbal Communication:
If the speaker does not use
facial expressions, gestures, body language, eye contact and other non-verbal
aspects, listener would start feeling boredom. Similarly over use of non-verbal
aspects would make the speech artificial and speaker laughingstock. For
effective communication, there should be a balance in the use of verbal and
non-verbal communication.
· Lack of
Factual Information:
Many times listener does not listen
attentively and carefully because he does not find any factual and useful
information in the speech. Factual information makes the communication interesting
and entertaining and therefore there are few chances of diverting listener‘s
attention.
· Voice
and Tone of the Speaker:
If a speaker lacks knowledge of voice, tone
and intonation pattern in speech, his speech would become monotonous and uninterested.
The listener will feel bore and fade up to listen to such monotonous speech. On
the contrary many good speakers have a kind of magic in their voice
that they literally mesmerize the listener for a longer time.
Thus, above
mentioned points are the fundamental barriers in effective listening skills and
by keeping these barriers in mind a person can avoid them.
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