Auditory Training

Processing speed is not fixed! You can understand fast speech by training with fast speech. The program I recommend to train your brain to “hear faster” is Neurotone’s Lace AI Pro. With this program, you can train with the voices of the people in your life who talk fast!  For more information, see The […]

When you first start auditory training, and your brain is trying to extract a voice from background noise, your brain goes into “mass recruitment mode.” The area of your auditory cortex tuned to those specific sounds rapidly expands. The brain floods the zone with resources, recruiting neurons to try and process the voices. If your […]

Lace AI, an auditory training program, has an engine, called DTTE (Dynamic Threshold Training Engine). It’s the most important feature of the program: the engine adapts the difficulty based on your responses. In this way, the difficulty level is tailored to each person.   Personally or professionally, I would not use or recommend an auditory […]

I can’t say this enough: your ability to hear in noise is not fixed! A key is to be able to practice near your learning threshold. The difficulty level is paramount. Brain chemistry can help you to hear in noise:   For more information, see Why do I need auditory training?

There are short-term and long term impacts of not pursuing “help” for hearing loss. My take on it is that if you bump up against any of the short-term impacts listed here, it’s time to take action.  Taking action doesn’t have to be hearing aids, if you’re not ready. But do something! Examples include […]

Sequential cochlear implantation means getting two cochlear implants in two separate surgeries, with a gap of months or years between them. The gap in my case was 20 years.  Before the second surgery, my score was 0% for live voice sentences in quiet. At the first anniversary of my activation, with live voice at […]

Learning a new language is great for your brain. Research shows that while there are long-term advantages for your brain, learning a new language can introduce immediate processing costs, particularly when listening in noisy environments. The cost of code switching between two languages comes at the expense of listening in noise.  People don’t hear as […]

Hearing better is about more than just having the right technology; it’s about the active role you play in the process. While hearing aids or cochlear implants give access to sound, it’s through your own practice and determination that your brain learns to really understand it. By putting in time and effort to train your […]

Adaptive auditory training programs, such as Neurotone’s Lace AI Pro, offer a significant advantage because they are designed to be dynamic. One of the primary benefits of an adaptive approach is that the program automatically adjusts its difficulty level as you improve, ensuring that you are always training at or near your personal threshold level. […]

Cochlear implants without auditory training is like a cell phone without a signal. If you can’t get a signal on your phone despite a nearby cell phone tower, you might feel disconnected and different (compared to everyone else who can get a signal). Similarly, with cochlear implants, the signal in the signal-to-noise ratio is the […]