Hearing is a physiological process that involves the detection of sound. Listening is an active cognitive process and processing what we are hearing, making sense of it, can be both active and unconscious. There are lots of things that can impact on our ability to both listen and process what we hear.

Anxiety is one of the most common things that impact on learning irrespective of a specific difficulty with learning as well as because of one. Here we explore what anxiety is and how we can help.