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Variables predicting outcomes on listening and communication enhancement (LACE) training
Jennifer Henderson Sabes1, Robert W Sweetow
1Department of Audiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0340, USA. jennifer.henderson-sabes@ucsfmedctr.org
Abstract:
Results from a large study of adults who completed a randomized crossover study of listening and communication enhancement (LACE) training were analysed to observe trends. The objective of this study was to determine predictors for greatest improvement following this four-week adaptive auditory training and aural rehabilitation program. Subjects with the poorest scores on the baseline tests, particularly those with the greatest degree of hearing loss, poorest scores on measures of degraded and competing speech, and those with the highest hearing handicap scores, were more likely to have greater improvement overall. However, there was considerable variability among the subjects, and some subjects' positive subjective reports belie smaller overall measured gains. Information collected from both the testing and the counseling of the patient should be taken into consideration when determining whether to proceed with LACE training.
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