1. Not everyone has the physical ability to hear, but everyone can listen.
2. “Listening” to ASL requires paying attention with your eyes rather than your ears.
3. Distractions can include physical, semantic, physiological, and psychological noise that prevent a listener from receiving the sender’s message.
4. Senders frequently receive more messages than they can process, a concept known as message complexity.
5. Typically, you selectively listen to those parts of the message that interest you.