LACE Scoring Details
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Trend for improvement: DOWN
Seeing the score number decrease indicates improvement.
The QuickSIN scores are a bit counterintuitive:
The lower the number, the better your ability to understand speech in noise.
About the QuickSIN Test
The QuickSIN test is an objective test of speech comprehension in noisy environments. It is a widely-used test in the field of audiology.
The QuickSIN score represents the ratio of the volume of the spoken sentence compared to the volume of the background noise. The general rule is that each dB of improvement (lower score) is equal to 10% improvement in ability to understand speech in noisy environments.
Trend for improvement: DOWN
Seeing the score number decrease indicates improvement.
About Speech-in-Noise
LACE’s Speech-in-Noise exercises aim to help listeners better follow speech in a noisy background. Speech-in-Noise comprehension can be affected by normal healthy aging, hearing loss, and other conditions that make it more challenging to block out background noises, such as Auditory Processing Disorder.
The average LACE user sees about a 2.5 point decrease in their Speech-in-Noise score during training.
Trend for improvement: UP
Seeing the score number increase indicates improvement.
About Rapid Speech
Rapid Speech scores reflect the ability to follow fast speech with some of the speech information removed. Rapid speech comprehension can be affected by hearing loss and by the effects of normal aging (slower mental processing speed).
A score of 1.0 indicates the ability to follow speech at slow conversational speeds. A score of 2.0 indicates the ability to follow speech at 2 times the rate of slow conversational speeds.
The average LACE user sees about a 0.2 point increase in their Rapid Speech score during training.
Trend for improvement: DOWN
Seeing the score number decrease indicates improvement.
About Competing Speaker
Competing Speaker scoring reflects the ability to focus on a single speaker while blocking out another. It can be affected by hearing loss and by the ability to block out unwanted auditory signals.
The average LACE user has about a 3 point decrease in their Competing Speaker score during training.
Trend for improvement: UP
Seeing the score number increase indicates improvement.
About Word Memory
Word Memory scoring indicates the ability to understand and remember specific speech information (auditory memory). It can be affected by normal aging (working memory skills) and by hearing loss.
Word Memory scores range from 1.0 (lowest) to 6.0 (highest). A low score (lower than 3) indicates either significant difficulty remembering spoken information or difficulty understanding speech in a quiet background.
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