affects their listening skills. In fact,listening to a "Walkman" over the halfway point for more than forty minutesa day, three days a week, is a leading contributor to permanent hearingloss. This syndrome can also be taken relate to television watching,especially in this day and age when we have "Much Music" broadcast all overthe country. A short attention span and a lack of concentration are otherfactors in this ongoing problem. With the introduction of the remotecontrol television, not more than fifteen years ago, people have had theopportunity to change stations as soon as the action isn't as fast asthey'd like it, or to skip over commercials. So, it affects other peopletoo, as they have to put up with those who only hear them when they wantto, or on the second time around. Also, on dates, couples are turning more and more to impersonalactivities and lifestyles like being entertained by all the latesthigh-tech equipment such as video games, computers and movies. Thisdoesn't promote much conversation, because each person is just sitting,watching, as if they were there alone. Married couples often spend most oftheir day working, so they have less time to talk. Families should setaside a time for some informal talk each day, where they're away from thetelevision and similar distracting devices. Sitting down with the familyfor dinner is a good time to talk. It is actually quite helpful for familymembers to listen to one another, and share concerns, instead of grazingfrom the fridge with no communication. It is important, to take a time-out to sit down and think about theeffects of a lack of communication upon ones self and others. First ofall, it promotes an impression of little self-worth. This is due to adeficient element of thought and a lack of sharing of feelings betweenpeople. Next, it affects others by making them think that you don't careabout, or even think of them enough to bother to get together for a littl...
