Is Listening To An Audiobook The Same As Reading ? | Audiobook Vs Reading 

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I believe reading has more benefits like being more focused on a single task which many people have a problem with.

I lose concentration easily, I find listening to an audiobook and following along with the actual book is great at keeping my mind from wandering to other things

Since English is not my first language, I always listen and read at the same time.

My adhd gets out of hand when I try to read by myself. I need an audiobook. It’s the only way I can focus and stop getting distracted

For me audiobooks are a blessing. My eyesight is not what it used to be so listening to a book saves me headache. And listening to a good narrator reading takes me back to childhood when grandma read to me. I love it.

Imagine being so pretentious that you think audiobooks are cheating 😂😂

I feel like reading is just more cognitively demanding than listening, which is probably more beneficial in some way. Though audiobooks are awesome for when you're doing other things.

Listen to books and take notes when something stands out...

When you read a book, you read it in your own mind voice. There is a sense of disconnect, when you hear someone else read.

Great conclusion - It doesn't have to be one or the other. Do both! Use the one that makes sense for the situation.

I feel like it’s easier to squeeze the information onto your brain from a physical book than from an audible since it’s easier to get distracted with your thoughts when listening to an audio.

I really love audiobooks because I always struggle to give different voices to different characters in my mind😅

Reading while Listening to its audiobook is somehow a method that works fine for me. I've been trying every methods of only reading but I tend to lose concentration quickly (unlike when I'm reading ebooks on my phone which is pretty much weird because I can read ebooks for hours but tend to lose concentration quickly in prints).

I know 3 languages, I'm almost fluent in English. It's really hard to keep up with so many different letters and sounds... So I'm reading in Hebrew and hearing in Russian and English. It helps you to speak correctly and if you live in a country that doesn't share the same languages with you, audiobooks can be your only friend.

I used to read less than 10 books each year. After discovering audioBooks I read 113 books in 2021. So for me, it's a done deal.

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Not for me. I can't visualize while listening to an audio book. But it wasn't always like this. Our teacher would read to us and it was great.

Great episode! Audible gets me through 30 books a year in my daily commute, so I've wondered if I'm getting same benefit as sitting with a book or my Kindle.. . But you're right, there's "something" about holding a paper book.. Maybe an episode on what that "something" is would be really interesting.. Or do we know?

My perspective changed after listening to my first audiobook. However, like you said there's just nothing like holding a book in your hands and looking at the words. Although the audiobook makes it easy to listen while working and using your hands. Which is why I would choose an audiobook over reading on a Kindle or something.

I read to enjoy a story. However, life can be overwhelming and when I finally have time to sit down and read, I feel too exhausted and so audiobooks help me do something I love when I don’t have the time or energy I wish I did. I feel that they are the same because when I read the book by myself, I still retain and enjoy it the same way even when I switch to the audio another day.

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I never read a book in my entire life. Finished my 2nd audio book today..

Reading a physical book benefits: usually faster to read a passage than listen to someone else narrate it. A book doesn’t require any electronics/speakers. Can be done completely silently. Can use more of your imagination.

They are very different to me. Writing on a paper and typing on your PC aren't the same either to me . I don't view it as cheating though, as it is entertainment and not a competition. If someone feels superior because of their reading choice there is something wrong with that person. Reading and listening simply are 2 different things. I will enjoy both and will never look down (or up) to anyone for their prefered choice of reading. Just enjoy the great literature that's out there in whatever way you fancy :)

I'm a city bus driver and I'm using my brain ALL day processing lots of information so I don't want to use my brain anymore reading... it's laborious

As a sped teacher, I can tell you listening and reading comprehension are two VASTLY different things. They are definitely not the same. :)

I still think that reading is more effective than that of listening... as I find myself more involved also take notes and review them... reading books feels like a journey to me and finishing reading books gives me a sense of accomplishment. Maybe audiobooks are better still I side with Books if I were to choose. 😄

I love this perspective on this topic. I want to develop a reading habit and listening to audio books will definitely help inspire me to read more physical books over time. Thanks for the good content.

My attention span is much worse with an audiobook for some odd reason, so I find myself having to repeat passages constantly

I enjoy a balance of both, i need to speak more often to help me articulate words and not stutter as much with daily communication.

I love audiobooks because you still use your imagination. And you may not be reading, but you’re doing what everyone needs to learn and so many people suck at doing, LISTENING. 👂

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One of the main differences between an audiobook and reading is that there is a narrator between you and the book. A good narrator will use his voice to bring out the important. A bad narrator makes it harder to pick up on the details. I also agree that an advantage of an audiobook is that you can listen more frequently. Waiting in line, driving, lieing in bed in the morning before actually getting up are great opportunities to hear a book when you might not be able to read.

I find it hard to read where a book or novel would take me months but when i started audiobooks, i could finish a novel in a week.

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I'm listening to my first audiobook currently and my concentration sucks, my mind wanders a ton or will get bored and start thinking my own thoughts. Idk if I'm retaining the details of the story 😅 but one thing I love about it is the fact that i can multitask with it, like while on a walk or cooking. It gives my mind some mild entertainment so I have something other to pay attention to than my own thoughts. Also love that it feels like someone's reading to me and I'm flying through a book faster than I sit down to read these days

I like listening to a book when falling asleep, busy at work, or driving But I definitely like going through at reading it when I’m able to

For me, listening allows for good retention but causes me to not focus on the task, so you can read between the lines. I think reading requires discipline and commitment. Listening to a book almost does seem like cheating though the texting, multitasking driver would argue against my thoughts about this.

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I got distracted when you wrote "threw books" instead of "through books" but I appreciate the video

HighEQ DonBaller The good thing about audiobooks is that they can improve your listening skills which is a must to be a better leader. It's just much more easier for me to lisen than to read and I also love reading books because it helps me sleep faster. You're doing a great job sir kudos to you! ❤️

I’m not against you for your preference of what you use to read books. If you like physical books and reading the traditional way it’s your choice not someone else’s. Honestly as someone who never tried audiobooks I should definitely give it a try, but since I’ve been having difficulty getting myself to read books, which takes me a long time to do giving audiobooks a try is something I could try.

Thanks you literally saved me from not reading another book

I’m in a commercial vehicle 85% of my day an by time I park or get home I’m extremely tired.. SO ITS DEFINITELY AUDIO FOR ME ..no music!! Just Audio reading material while Driving.. reading books are becoming a thing in the past.. Audio is a game changer

I like my video games a lot...so I try yo listen to a book while playing since i play to much lol

I am using audiobooks now, but because you are usually doing something else as well, you are not concentrating totally on the book, some books you need to.

its depend on the audiobook narrator/voice

I don’t really care what people do. It just bugs me when people say “I read 15 books last month” when they actually just read them. It’s okay to enjoy story time. Just be honest. Cuz listening isn’t quite as impressive to me. 😂

I listen to the audiobook if there is one while reading. It makes me focus so much better!

holding, smelling and experiencing the physical book on your hands is super as you've mentioned but these are nothin compared to be able to easily share or give a physical book to others. thanks for helping me decide bro!

thanku for making the video on this topic .I was finding the answer of this question for long time. It will really help me.

Audiobooks and physical books are definitely not “pretty much the same thing.” Decoding is essential for reading comprehension. When you state “there’s something about holding a book. I don’t know what it is,” you are indicating your need for multiple-sensory learning. With a book, we feel the paper (tactile learning), smell the book (olfactory memory), see the print and use our brains to decode the language or interpret pictures, charts, graphs…or even see the words as pictures (visual learning), and, as you stated, we hear the word spoken in our head (auditory learning). This fully immersive experience helps us to retain the knowledge more completely; more thoroughly. Listening alone limits our retentive capacity. For learning readers, listening to an audio version while reading along can be of great benefit. This method is also quite beneficial for students of all ages, when content retention is essential. Audiobooks are indeed quite different from reading a physical book, and are not recommended for learning readers. For experienced readers, audiobooks allow the mind to wander more easily, thus limiting content retention for some readers. Reading a physical book uses more areas of the brain and is preferred.

I listen to audio books at work or while I am playing on my phone for doing crafts like painting or diamond painting. BUT I have started some audio books and decided that it would be better if would be read and sometimes the opposite as well.

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"You get threw books more easily!" is written at 2:42. This mistake shows that reading and listening aren't the same. By reading, you learn a lot of new words, and you learn to write them correctly.

I think reading has the benefit of increasing your grammar and spelling skills while audio books have the benefit of teaching you the correct way of pronouncing certain words. I can't tell you how years it took me before I finally heard the audio version of a book and I realized I had gotten the pronunciation wrong for years lol.

Let me put it in this term: You are reading a book to hear your own voice and your own mouth movement of how you pronounce certain words, and especially hearing your own words. So that's basically putting that on your data set When you're listening to someone else's voice reading a book, you are technically hearing what the words are, but also hearing how other people saying it so you can understand how people pronounce words and you can understand how people talk So it's kind of like reading a book equals to understanding yourself, and hearing someone else equals understanding how people speak

Something learned a long time ago if your an auditory person your listening skills is advance and can grasp more in listening. If your a visualize person then your reading comprehension is better.

It's different for everyone. I'm a kinetic learner so prefer and take much more onboard by watching. Readers say films don't let your imagination flow, but I see every frame differently to them. They may focus on the actor whereas I focus on objects in the background they haven't even picked on. We all learn differently, is there a right or wrong way?

Everyone is different from reading these comments. I say do what you feel is more beneficial and helpful to you. If you learn and can grasp the story better by reading it yourself then great! If you grasp the story better by audio then great! I don’t think either is wrong, it all depends on how the person learns better and we are all different.

The benefits of audio book is multitasking but multitasking looses concentration in both activities so you don't catch deep info from book and as well as your work will not be effective. Thats why i choose to read physical book. We don't have to read it for all day at least read 20 min in morning and 20 min during night.

Hmm... I wonder how reading & decoding vs listening & multi-tasking plays out. Typically my book listening happens in traffic or while making an every other month one way 10 hour drive.

This is exactly what I wanted to hear!

In my opinion, actually reading a book, improves your vocabulary and punctuation.

According to the web, reading is defined as looking at and comprehend the meaning of written or printed matter. By this definition listening to audio books isn't considered as reading.

Audible needs to give you a sponsorship you just convinced me to get it .

It is so interesting that they are kind off a different experience.

Reading is must better, you can rephrase book quotes much more since you can remember how they were written

I believe that this will vary from person to person. Thanks for the video!

i use both, but i decided to take a 5 AM walk i use audiobooks they're tbh 👌

And the last example about car and bicycle was awesome

my all-time favourite book to read: the last prisoner, by james robson my all-time favourite written works to listen to: anything by edgar allan poe edit: michael crichton's terminal man and jurassic park are great to listen to when you're busy. if you just want to while away the time in a pleasurable manner, novellas, poems and short stories are the best

I think it this way... Why books were even created in the first place? Maybe, because it was not possible to make everyone sit and convey the idea/story/information. So someone wrote the idea on a piece of paper and gave it out to other people so that everyone can get that information. Had audiobook been available in the first place, there would have been no need to write the information in books.

I prefer audiobooks now that I have toddler twins, I catch up on my commute or while doing chores

Looking into audiobooks. I've always loved reading books. Now, with neck pain /arthritis. I would like a break with my neck & hands from holding a book.

Hey U could have added more points. U just emphasized on a single point, but that's okay too because that's the most important point.

Excellent explanation!!, thank you for the work you put on this video.

If I get a book on audio I really like then I will buy the paper physical book and have that extra experience as well as a physical collection of books I know I like.

I love books, but I'm often too busy to chill out and read other than the weekends. So audiobooks it is.

My adhd brain has tried and already given up on podcasts and audiobooks. I like learning visually or reading rather than just listening. If i do, I need a guided lucid dream type audio so that I can enter the realm of the book, while closing my eyes. But I usually listen to audios for revisions. Like a test, and I hv to be quicker than usual so memorizing certain things is better.

I think reading is good and alternative way but sometimes (due to bad eyesight) i have headache and my eyes pain. So ill just listen to audiobook.

Audiobooks are efficient but when it comes to feeling the emotions... i would say reading better. When you're reading rather than listening to an audiobook, you can imagine it better and feel the emotions better.

I ain't comparing myself to you We aren't in a competition, why should you think I am cheating. I like both, If have the book I read it, if I don't I search for the audio book

Interesting topic! Thanks for sharing your insight! I enjoy both reading and audiobooks equally 😊

I think it's obvious our minds work differently, but on that note it works for some, just stick to what works for you. I can literally do my job most of the time while listening so I love it. I feel like it makes my job way easier

Just what I wanted to hear because I do love both! Each has its place i feel. Great video!!! And love the channel! Subscribed!!!!

Audiobooks allow me to have my eyes and hands free for other things. I get things done, and listen to a good story. Listening is also a skill most people don't like to do. Books are nice, but make you stop. I can consume lots of info, And still be productive.

I belive audio book is cheating in case if you are reading first time for 3or 4 th revision is good . Because mostly people involve in other things while listening audiobook so it is called multitasking and there is no such thing like multitasking.

What about Listening and watching if you compare both

Listening to an Audiobook alone is not reading. It's listening. If you want to read, read or do a combination. Also, watching a movie is not the same as reading. I guess I'm old school but I love to read.

I am totally blind and I prefer audiobooks rather than just reading them in braille, even though I can read braille I prefer listening to a book because then that way I feel like I am going on the adventure as if I am there. I feel like I’m part of the story and it’s more exciting that way, The way I see it it’s like a passport to adventure and I’am an adventurous person.

I listen to audiobooks while reading a physical book

as long as their pretty much the same thing. then i am happy.

Good job man. I thought not reading and only listening to audiobook was bad but I was fine this whole time.

Correction. Listening is the old style, reading is prety new to human evolution and some people didnt adapt prety well to it.

actually i used to listen to music all day long but now I'd go to audiobook coz i can create my own world and visualize more than reading books and its free and i can multi task, btw i'm construction worker

Many videos make you watch through the entire video, searching. I appreciate that you answer the posed question at the very beginning. So, I don't need to concentrate on every word looking for the answer instead of enjoying the video, the rationalization, and getting books 'thrown' at us.

Some people process information better visually, and some people learn better by hearing.

I usually remember more of books that I have read myself, but at the moment I prefer audiobooks.