"The Muse"

"George Patterson" wrote \

You are unlikely to see this. Tests run in the late 70s fairly
conclusively
proved that people cannot listen to two conversations at one time this
way; that
is, when one conversation was piped into one ear via a headset speaker and
another was piped into the other ear, the listener couldn't make sense of
either
conversation.

I would have to say that depends on the listener, and their skills.

I was trained as a band director, which involves being able to listen to the
3rd clarinet part, (for example) while the whole band is playing. I have no
problem selectively listening to the conversation I want to. I did it
easily at OSH last year, listening to the point communications band, while
listening to the tower.
--
Jim in NC

Jose wrote:

Or just conclude that listening to two
conversations is hard period?

As I recall, the conclusion was that it was impossible.

George Patterson
"Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got
no clothes on - and are up to somethin'.

Paul Tomblin wrote:

That's not a good test for this situation. The way I do it is to put the
ATIS on the overhead speakers.

That works. What the study indicated will not work is to put the ATIS on one
earphone and ATC on the other.

George Patterson
"Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got
no clothes on - and are up to somethin'.