Are you hearing vs Are you hearing now

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Are you hearing' is a general question about someone's ability to hear, while 'Are you hearing now?' is more specific and implies a recent change or a specific moment in time.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to inquire about someone's ability to hear.

"Are you hearing"

This phrase is a general question asking if someone is able to hear. It can be used in various situations to check if the person is listening or understanding.

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V. Are you hearing Kevin's fears?
Lucas, are you hearing number one?
Are you hearing what I'm hearing?
Where are you hearing this, Red?
Are you hearing a word of what I'm saying?
Malcolm, are you hearing this?
Bert, are you hearing this nonsense?
Aunt Cass, are you hearing me?
What are you hearing on the street about my Uncle's murder?
Where are you hearing this, Eli?
Eric... are you hearing what you want to hear from Grimes, convincing yourself you can trust him?
'Cause you'll be wearing the Bluetooth and deaf people are going, are you hearing?
You would've done the same, and where are you hearing all of this?
Are you... are you hearing me?
Are you - are you hearing everything between me and Sam?
Are you hearing me, Cary?
Are you hearing me, son?
Are you hearing this, Finch?
Are you hearing this, del?
Are you hearing me, Michael?

Alternatives:

Can you hear me?
Are you listening?
Do you hear what I'm saying?
Are you able to hear?
Can you understand me?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to ask if someone is hearing at a specific moment or if there has been a recent change in their ability to hear.

"Are you hearing now"

This phrase is more specific than 'are you hearing' and is used to inquire about someone's ability to hear at a particular moment or to check if there has been a recent change in their hearing.

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Are you hearing now
Emily, what are you hearing now? Emily:
Are you hearing yourself right now?
Are you hearing the voices now, Herb?
She came over to me, bought one of my CDs, put the CD in the blind man's hand, and said, 'This is the music you are hearing now.
I think we should worry about the hearing now.
I am rather shocked by what I am hearing now.
Well, you know, what-what I'm hearing now is're not in the mood to talk about it right now.
We're at a hearing now, he's got an attorney.
We're just hearing now he has nothing in way of an alibi.
We are hearing now that the State of Iowa will go to Republican candidate Wally Sheridan.
I did, and you will be, but it's just too late to do the hearing now.
So what happens with your hearing now?
If you cannot hear MY Voice the way that Elisabeth is hearing now I have other ways of speaking to you.
The tone of the question when it was put seems very different from the tone that we are hearing now in the Chamber.
I simply want to say that there is a big difference between the rhetoric which we are hearing now and the reality of recent months and years.
Six months you've been together, and you're just hearing now about a family?
Andis the voices that you're hearing now, isn't it?
Ladies and gentlemen, to judge by what I am hearing now, I think we will soon be needing a new Directive on noise in the Chamber during a debate!
I'm hearing now that the president received at least one gunshot to the abdomen, possibly more, that he clutched his stomach, that he fell instantly to the ground, and there were screams, people panicking,
But what we're hearing right now is the unvarnished story.

Alternatives:

Are you able to hear now?
Can you hear me now?
Do you hear me now?
Are you listening now?
Can you understand me now?

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