Listening involves multiple avenues of processing:  Neurological, Linguistic, Semantic, Pragmatic – and, optionally, Technological (AI).

Here are the teaching slides for Chapter 1, Neurological Processing, from Teaching and Researching Listening, 4th edition.  

Neurological processing refers to the actual neuro-chemical processes that occur during listening — the actual energy distribution and usage that the listener modulates. Some of these modulations are under the conscious control of the listener; others are autonomous

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1drcmXbslBDR3hFUAterDOJoHK4Vi1PmG/edit#slide=id.p1

About The Author

, Teaching Presentation Slides: Chapter 1 – Neurological Processing, Lateral Communications
Michael Rost, principal author of Pearson English Interactive, has been active in the areas of language teaching, learning technology and language acquisition research for over 25 years. His interest in bilingualism and language education began in the Peace Corps in West Africa and was fuelled during his 10 years as an educator in Japan and extensive touring as a lecturer in East Asia and Latin America. Formerly on the faculty of the TESOL programs at Temple University and the University of California, Berkeley, Michael now works as an independent researcher, author, and speaker based in San Francisco.