What are the responsibilities of good listeners?

There are following responsibilities of good listeners;

Preparation for listening:-

A listener should prepare himself to listen. This preparation includes following point:

(i)                           No talking:- A listener must not talk when he is going to listen otherwise, the idea may not be received or it may be interrupted.

(ii)                         Avoiding distraction:- The listener should not distract his attention from the speaker to some other object. Shuffling papers or doing any other thing may disturb the person of receiving ideas.

(iii)                       Good environmental condition:- The listeners should arrange a suitable condition before

listening. Noise of traffic, poor ventilation, extraordinary warmness or   coldness       and

many other such things cause problems in listening.