Why YSK: if you don’t have the ability or time to devote your visual attention to reading, you can still engage your mind the same way as you do while reading by listening to an audiobook. Virtually any modern audiobook player will also let you select the play speed, so you can listen to books at whatever rate you’re comfortable with.
Personally I know as I’ve gotten older the number of hours I’m physically able to read tends to no longer be able to match my desire to read, so it’s nice to be able to keep going even if my eyes are sore.
Historically, this is somewhat analogous to the late 19th century lectors that worked in some factories, paid by donated workers’ wages, to read/perform popular books for bored workers. Predictably in the US factory owners tended to have a problem with their workers listening to ‘communist literature,’ leading to firings, strikes, and violent crackdowns.
It is very much about finding what works for each individual. It is understood different students learn best different ways.
I got a bunch of audio books and ebooks from HumbleBundle. I consumed the audio books first, and am going through the ebooks slower. Audio books were wonderful when driving or doing yard or house work. I would sometime have to rewind and repeat.
Ebooks required my focus so I haven’t found myself consuming them nearly as quickly.