Reading Vs Listening

The listening session on the last class, makes me wonder of our senses' ability. Speaking and writing are considered as instruments of transmission, while what I want to discuss is the opposite of those, reception, which are hearing and reading. Which one works better?

For me myself, I found that reading works better for me. I think that reading require more effort for me to keep myself focus and on track, I also remember more thinks when I hear something compare to when I read something. But this is not an absolute answer, every person has different abilities for the senses.

After did some research. I found that in 1894 a person performed an investigation. What he did is to present a material using three different method. First is listening, second is reading (visual), and the last one is combination of both. His result showed that listening best works for young children, while reading works best for adult and older children. But those two things does not answer the question yet.

The best of the three is actually the combination of both, visual-auditory method. This method came up to be the best way to impart information for majority people.