Factors That Influence Understanding
Of What Is Being Said    

 

Listener:

 




  • Level of hearing loss
  • Type of hearing loss
  • Use of hearing aid
  • Use of assistive listening device
  • Attention level
  • Motivation to hear
  • Expectations
  • Emotional state
  • Fatigue
  • Distracting sensations
  • Distracting thoughts
  • Speechreading skill
  • Tinnitus
  • Tension level
  • Manual communication 

Speaker

  • Voice intensity
  • Voice projection
  • Rate of speech
  • Clarity of speech
  • Facial expression
  • Body language
  • Foreign accent
  • Facing listener
  • Monotonous tone
  • Beard/mustache
  • Emotionality
  • Mannerisms
  • Objects in mouth
  • Interest of message
  • Relationship to listener
  • Quality of interpreter
  • Quality of typist

 
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