This is one of two interlocking pairs of 术语 ordinary/practical is the other one 相关 to 化 聆 and to the quatre écoutes in 舍费尔 理论

- 自然 聆 is the 主要 and primitive tendency to 用 声波 for 信息 about the 事件 and it is 表示 in the question What is it? Who is it? What is happening? It corresponds therefore to écouter in the quatre écoutes

- 文化 聆 turns away without ceasing to 听 it from the 声波 事件 and the circumstances which it 揭露 about its 源 and uses it as a 中项 to grasp a 信息 a meaning 价值 and is analogous with the quatre écoutes 模式 comprendre Paraphrase of Michel Chion 1983 Guide des Objets Sonores Eds Buchet/Chastel Paris 1995 translation by John Dack/Christine North