Personally, I've never put much stock in the "style of learner" mantra. I can learn anything I want to via whatever means I wish. For instance, I can read sheet music and I can learn to play songs by ear.
Having said that, I definitely do have my preferences for learning, and sometimes I decide not to learn something simply because it isn't in a format I'm interested in ingesting at the moment. In nearly every case, it isn't as much about the format, per se, as the time it requires. I don't like spending a lot of time on something if I don't have to. So, if I know I can learn a song in half the time playing it by ear vs. reading sheet music, and all I currently have available to me is sheet music, I'll wait until later to learn the song; not because I can't learn it via sheet music, but because the motivation just isn't there with that particular format due to the time I perceive it will take.
Having said that, I definitely do have my preferences for learning, and sometimes I decide not to learn something simply because it isn't in a format I'm interested in ingesting at the moment. In nearly every case, it isn't as much about the format, per se, as the time it requires. I don't like spending a lot of time on something if I don't have to. So, if I know I can learn a song in half the time playing it by ear vs. reading sheet music, and all I currently have available to me is sheet music, I'll wait until later to learn the song; not because I can't learn it via sheet music, but because the motivation just isn't there with that particular format due to the time I perceive it will take.