Which of the following statements is true?

When communicating, college students spend over half of their time listening, making it the most used skill.

Studies of communication time place listening ahead of speaking, reading and writing in daily use.

Saying human relationships are not affected by listening is false, since attentive listening builds and sustains bonds.

Saying listening is just a small fraction of communication contradicts the measured majority share.

The none option fails because a clearly true statement about listening time is present.

Such findings, associated with researchers like Rankin and Nichols, underline listening as central to communication.