A recent poll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe that communication between them and their parents is poor and further that one of the prime causes of this gap is deficient listening behavior.
    As a case in     1    , one parent believed that her daughter had a severe hearing problem. She was so     2    that she took her daughter to an audiologist. The audiologist carefully tested both ears and said: "There's nothing wrong with her hearing. She's just tuning you     3    ."
    A leading cause of the rising divorce rate is the     4    of husbands and wives to interact effectively. They don't listen to each other. Neither person     5    to the actual message sent by the other.
        6    like fashion, political scientists report that many people believe that their elected officials are out of touch with the constituents they are     7    representing. Why? Because they don't believe that they listen to them. In fact, it seems that sometimes our politicians don't     8    listen to themselves. The following is a(n) true story:
    At a national legislative conference held in Albuquerque some years ago, Senator Joseph Montoya was handed a copy of a press release before he got up before the audience to     9    a speech. A minutes later, Montoya began reading, "For immediate release. Senator Joseph M. Montoya last night told the National..." He read the entire six-page release, concluding with the statement that he "was repeatedly     10    by applause."