Hearing is passive while listening requires active attention

Evidence

Are you listening to sounds now or just hearing them? — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 320

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames the hearing/listening distinction that anchors Oliveros’s entire listening pedagogy.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 320
• XREF: connects to: Intention directs attention to when and where a chosen sound occurs — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 331; Reading and playing music can occur without genuine listening — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 46; Attention strategies are ways of listening responsive to self, others, and environment — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 284 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Aware listening is active work, not passive respite #corroborates (0.90) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 487
• The hearing system actively filters and modulates sound more than passively receiving it #contradicts (0.80) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 558
• Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it #expands (0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346
• Hearing is mostly internal neural processing, not raw external sound reception #contradicts (0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 561
• Hearing gathers all sound but listening is selective and rarely conscious #qualifies (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 61
• Being open to listening changes how sounds are perceived, expanding perception #expands (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 422
• The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment #expands (0.50) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347
• Global listening expands consciousness while focal listening yields clarity #expands (0.50) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 211
• Perceptual listening involves attending to sounds not yet present. #expands (0.40) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 382
• Quiet sounds remain faintly audible if one learns to listen carefully #exemplifies (0.40) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 35