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by macintux 825 days ago
Perhaps it's a question of learning style, or listening style, but with a printed book I can change the pace in the middle of a sentence, heck, the middle of a word, based on how distracted I am, how much I understand the context, etc.

With an audiobook I'm constantly missing something because I'm thinking through what I've just heard.

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> With an audiobook I'm constantly missing something because I'm thinking through what I've just heard.

This is me and physical books! I can get through several pages without realizing I haven't taken in a single thing, and not have any idea how far back to go. I get far enough that scanning the text to work out where I got lost isn't an advantage and often I just give up.

Rewind to where you lost track. Several times if necessary.