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Originally Posted by ApK
Ha! That's the question, isn't it? Is your brain getting more out of it by eye-reading than by ear-reading?
The articles say "nope, doesn't matter."
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It depends on why you read those books.
I mostly read books to fire my imagination. I can get lost completely in the worlds the author describes. It's my main reason for reading: escapism. In that case, it doesn't matter if you read, or listen.
If you read to increase your knowledge of words, I think it does matter, at least for me. I will remember strange words better if I actually look them up, in the written word. It has the added advantage of knowing how to write it (the Geoffrey vs Joffrey).
I had some problem trying to remember how to write "favourite". I kept spelling it wrong (with two f's). Until my English teacher told me to look it up in a dictionary. I've never forget that lesson and you'll never catch me spelling it wrongly
