Hearing vs Listening

What is the difference between

Hearing

Listening?
Definition
Hearing
 an involuntary process
 starts with noise, vibrations
 carries on with the movement of fluid
in the ears
 the sound sends to the brain
Listening
 a voluntary act
 a learned skill
 requires concentration
 we process the noise
Listening Process

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 hearing – sounds enter the eardrums
and travel to the brain
 attending – brain receives the sound
and decides what to pay attention to
 understanding – take what is meaningful
and apply it to social context
 remembering – storing the information for future use.