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Originally Posted by latepaul
One of the differences for me is focus. When I listen to something I'm usually doing other things. What I've found is that whilst this is OK for things like podcasts, I feel that I'm missing things with audiobooks. I find myself going back and rewinding a lot.
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I agree about focus. The multitasking that occurs with audiobooks is the reason I doubt they are as effective as eye reading for absorbing and retaining information. I can readily believe that in a controlled experiment where one group is reading and one group is listening, there may be no real differences in comprehension and retention, but in the real world, I would expect that most listeners are not simply sitting and listening, but are doing other things at the same time.