What is selective hearing?
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The best example of selective hearing occurs when placing a guy in a room with his nagging girlfriend. For the most part, he ignores her and responds with a simple "Uh huh." When the topics of sex, food or hanging out with the guys come up, the man has a tendency to pay attention to the conversation and respond accordingly.
Paying attention to only what you want to hear.
Pardon?
means you hear only what ya wanna hear. i'm 25 and still like that! KBM
You hear what you want to hear.
selective hearing is:
"Jimmy! GO TIDY YOUR ROOM!" Doesnt Hear
"Jimmy!, do you want a tenner?" Hears perfectly well
Unfortunatly selective hearing is a joke, It is said when some one only listens to what they want to hear!
Without wishing to worry you unduly, this could possibly be aspergers syndrome or some other form of autism.
Listen to friends by all means, but take to GP just in case.
only hears wants he wants to.maybe you should take him to see a speech therapist, i remember going when i was very young and it helped me
At five he should be capable of listening to and understanding instructions and requests. Perhaps you should have his hearing checked? You should also make sure that there are no disctractions when you're trying to talk to him - turn the TV off and get down to his eye level.
You only hear what you want to hear. For some people, it is a life long "malady".
This is a question for the women, they all seem to have it.
selective hearing is hearing what you want to hear but if your child is still not talking by the age of 5 i hope that you have seeked medical guidance
It's when your child can't hear you asking him (ten times) to do the dishes, but if you whisper "cookie", he comes running from upstairs. It is ignoring whatever they don't want to hear.
Selective hearing is when my other half answers when I ask him what he wants for tea, but doesn't hear me when I ask him to do the dishes.
Well u need to take kid to ENT specialist & psycoanalyst.
could be physical or mentally ailing from this selective hearing.
In general, selective hearing is the ability of a person to be able to have someone talking to them and only hear parts of the conversation that interest them. In other words only listening to what you want and ignoring the rest.
When it comes to a baby or child the age you are referring to it could be something more serious, especially if he isn't talking like he should, he may have partial deafness or the inability to understand or comprehend what he is hearing.
You need to take him to the doctor and have him evaluated to make sure there is nothing physically wrong with him.
I wish you luck.
mum :"let's get ready, we're going to the shops to buy you toys"
child: (ready in a jiffy AND tidied up his room) "I'm coming!"
mum:"lets get ready. we'll be late for the dentist if you don't hurry up"
child:no response (still in pyjamas playing with his monstertruck on bedroom carpet)
mum:Bobby! Bobby did you hear me?!"
child: (no response)
An example of selective hearing. He'll hear when it suits him and selective hearing doesnt really go away when we grow up either! :)
I think you ought to go to your GP {doctor}.
He can arrange a test. You might communicate with him more.
it means he nows wat you are saying hes just not listening
selective hearing is hearing only what you want to hear.
What men have and exercise very well. Selective hearing is basically hearing just what you want to here!
Has he started school? If not I would take him to your health visitor as he may have a hearing impairment.
At 5 he should be talking freely so there must be a reason he is not doing so.
I would seriously suggest that you take him for a hearing test. By the age of 3 he should have been speaking in short sentences, if he does not have special needs. An audiologist will be able to give you games to play with him that encourage speech development.
Why are you listening to your friends? You should be calling his pediatrician and asking him or her. A child who is 5 years old and just started talking but isn't able to understand instructions has something wrong. All children develop differently and at different ages, but 5 is a little much. He could be deaf.
A child of 5 would not have selected hearing it is all about what influences are going on around them i.e if never able to express themselves , people parents etc answering the questions for the child what is the point in trying 2 communicate . Your child could just be shy as i didn't really communicate with others until i was around 5 years ,if u are really distressed about the situation seek help from your gp
it means you only hear what you want to listen to!
Your child doesnt have selective hearing!! Have you taken him to a doctor to get his hearing tested? Have you tried speech therapy?
Probably more likely than selective hearing..HES ONLY FIVE!
he is only responding to what he wants to don't worry it will get better then hit rock bottom again when he becomes a teenager
Even at 5, he is still male. put a grown man in front of the TV and see what happens.Males hear what they want to. But on the other hand, you really need to get his hearing checked.Its possible that he just cant hear you.
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