The Power of Listening: Importance and Practice

Running head: ROLE OF CONCEPTS IN HEALTH CARE
Listening
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1ROLE OF CONCEPTS IN HEALTH CARE
Listening to its root is like attempting to hear and comprehend the words spoken by another
person. Listening is important in a person's life so as to build the healthy relationship, strong
leadership that are required to thrive in an organization or to thrive properly in life. Listening
actively is one of the effective communication skill that a person needs to undertake. This means
that listening is like paying attention to what the other person is saying and having an undivided
attention. This quality is of utmost importance and it helps in the group development and
individual change (Baab, 2014).
The video chosen is a video on how to listen better by Julian Treasure and this video is
chosen because listening is a quality that in the present day is immensely lacked by individuals.
The present-day condition is such that have made humans behave in a way that has made
listening to an absurd thing. The patience to listen to another person actively has almost
vanished. people without listening to the other people jump to conclusions that lead to quarrel
and arguments. Listening can be considered as a skill which is like picking up information on the
sound that we choose to. Thus, listening is also like protecting our ears from the unnecessary and
the unwelcome words that we do not prefer to listen. Active listening is like an eyelid on the ear,
listening also plays a major role in the singing, speech, control of the mechanism of singing and
speech, performing non-verbal communication, motor skills, spatial awareness, movement and
body posture. Effortless and the automatic listening increases the attention span and the focus of
listening. Listening is also essential for a child to develop the motivation and engagement.
Listening is also helpful in the development of the learning, language and communication.
Listening is vital for a child's development and is essential for the academic achievement, social
adjustment and well-being of the child. Thus, it can be said that the power of listening can have a
lifetime experience of a person (Mendelsohn & Lynch, 2013).