LACE for Better Listening

LACE for Better Listening

(from Winter ’09 Hearing Care by Hough Newsletter)

Many have asked about the LACE program that our clinic offers which is now free to anyone who purchases a hearing aid through our clinic. LACE, or Listening and Communication Enhancement, is a computer based programmed which helps to improve listening skills which are important in various environments or with certain speakers.

For example, in a noisy restaurant it’s easy to ‘tune out’ of the conversation in frustration struggling to hear. Anyone can have poor listening skills, but the hearing impaired, particularly, begin to develop these habits with their hearing loss.

LACE takes our clients through twenty, 30 minute sessions practicing listening to speech in the presence of background noise and listening to rapid speech. You’ll practice developing auditory memory and filling in contextual cues as well.

Those who have gone through at least ten of the LACE sessions show significant improvement in listening skills. Also, you’ll develop confidence in those challenging listening situations or with people whose speech is particularly hard to understand. Call our office for more information about this effective program