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Your ears are constantly picking up sounds around you even when you aren’t actively listening. Selective listening is when you focus your attention on some specific information. It involves ...

After counseling couples for over 20 years, I can confidently say that 'selective hearing' is a common communication pattern. In this case, selective hearing refers to the way people only hear a part ...