Do you think there is a difference between hearing and listening?
well,there is!
Hearing is simply the act of perceiving sound by the ear.
If you are not hearing-impaired, hearing simply happens.
Listening, however, is something you consciously choose to do. it requires concentration so that your brain processes meaning from words to sentences.
listening leads to learning.
Most people tend to be "hard of listening" rather than "hard of hearing."

here is a story.

mary and tom always talk.
they hear differently.
the filters they have from the experiences in their lives are very different. mary goes into an automatic mode when they talk sometimes, so she hear what she expects to or she interpret it as if it they speak different languages.
mary usually hear things as a negative about
Last night the doctor’s office called regarding the results of tom's MRI. The nurse told him to stay off his leg and they could have a wheelchair available when he arrives. Mary interpreted that and stated “there must be something that needs to be fixed”. tom heard ger said “there must be something really wrong”. I guess since they are just humans, we won’t listen. we would focus on think about what we are hearing to determine if we are really listening.
-marcia-