On the first day of class in the middle of your professor's lecture, the projector begins to flicker. Your professor fixes the problem and continues with the lecture, but a few minutes later, it happens again and you find it hard to concentrate on the rest of the lecture. The listening problem you are experiencing is .

The listening problem you are experiencing is situational distraction

Explanation:

Anything that changes or digress the focus of a person or group of people from a particular subject and thereby reducing the reception of desired information is regarded as distraction.

Though, the professor fixed the projector for the second time; but because one's mind has been occupied with the situation and/or thought that the projector would fluctuate again, that's why it's difficult to get focused.

The above description refers to situational distraction.

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