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Conceived by leading audiologists at the University of California at San Francisco, LACE is an interactive computerized aural rehabilitation program that has already helped thousands of people who live with some degree of hearing loss increase their listening skills by up to 30%.
Just as physical therapy can help rebuild muscles and adjust movements to compensate for physical weakness or injury, LACE can develop skills and strategies that can help compensate for those situations when hearing is inadequate. Aid hearing with LACE.
LACE has also been proven to help hearing-aid users become more comfortable hearing the new sounds their hearing instruments bring. Hearing aids can help a person detect softer sounds, but they don't necessarily provide good listening skills. We don't really hear in our ears; we hear in our brain. Even people with normal hearing can be poor listeners. Good listening skills is one of the essential components in effective communication.
Other components include rapid thought processing, auditory memory, use of language skills, and interactive strategies. Additionally, the confidence that what you thought you heard was what was actually spoken is vital. LACE can build listening skills and the other components necessary for effective communication. These abilities can be damaged both by hearing loss and by the natural aging process. LACE is designed to enhance the ability to communicate by training the brain to best utilize these skills.
LACE works on Windows XP, Vista and Apple OSX 10.4 or newer.
