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Originally Posted by Tarana
... It's a lot harder to track back in an audiobook than it is with an ereader or paperbook. ...
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... Then perhaps you are using the wrong device to listen to audiobooks. Most Jacks-of-all-Trades devices are, truth be told, Masters-of-None.
My Sansa Clip has an eary to access pause button and can easily be scrolled back a desired amount of time. My phone and tablet can be used for audiobooks, but are vastly less functional.
Any study that attemps to boil down the issue of which is better to a simple answer is flawed to the point of being useless. People's ability to read and their ability to follow audio vary. Personally, I often find audiobooks are often easier to deal with, given a well chosen player, than print or ebooks. I have mild dislexia, which hampers my reading. Resuming my reading after an interruption is often tedious, often hampered by my occasional need to reread phrases. I probably have to read 1200-1500 words total in order to read a 1000 word text.