Conscious Listening Analysis

This lecture provided insight and reasoning as to why our productivity is lowered and interrupted because of surrounding sound. The heaviness of the impact sound has upon human life is discussed throughout the speech. John Treasure, an expert on sound, describes how being unaware of sound is quite common, and that very few of us are “conscious” listeners. He points out and then briefly identifies how reliant our behavior is on sound. He recognizes the harsh reality of our world being desensitized and laments for the loss of basic conversation. He stresses the vital need for us to consciously listen and adopt the resulting awareness into our daily lives, interactions, and relationships.
Listening can be defined as “making meaning from sound,” which is a process of extraction. Patterns of recognition are processes of extraction often used. If we were to close our eyes, the sound, reverberation of acoustics and/or surrounding people will allow us to be aware of where we are at that moment. Active listening is no longer prevalent. People have become impatient and seem to prefer sound bites instead of actual conversation. We fail to pay attention to the subtle; we are not connected in space and time to the world or to one another. The world unarguably would be a “very scary place” if no one
My awareness of the difference existing between listening and actively listening was severely limited. The speaker uses an example of the loudness inside a coffee shop to illuminate how a cacophony of voices and noise can negatively affect concentration and energy levels. I can relate to this scenario since I am that type of person often wearing headphones in a raucous, boisterous-like environment. Practicing the act of deliberating identifying each sound in such an environment might prove helpful. It is an exercise meant to improve the quality of our