Apps Provide Easy Access to Auditory Training

Hearing exercises on apps allow you to conduct auditory training at home. Like aural rehabilitation, auditory training is intended to help your brain learn to identify and localize sounds. That’s especially important if you have hearing loss.

How Hearing Exercise Apps Help

Auditory training is typically used with people who are new to cochlear implants because their brains must learn to process sound differently. But some research suggests people with mild hearing loss could also benefit from hearing exercises.

Cognitive impairment or decline affects your brain’s ability to process sound properly. Listening exercises target your working memory and can improve how fast you process what you hear. And because several hearing programs are available as apps for iOS and Android devices, you can access training with the touch of a button.

Hearing Training Apps

LACE Auditory Training: Daily training programs are designed to help you focus on listening skills. You’ll also learn to strategize communication techniques in noisy environments. Available for Android and iOS devices.

Hear Coach: This app was designed by Starkey and uses games to train your brain to interpret sounds in different listening environments. Available for Android and iOS devices.

Games 4 Hearoes: Only available for iOS devices, Games 4 Hearoes is intended for new hearing aid and cochlear implant wearers. The app includes thirty activities to reacquaint users with everyday sounds and vocabulary.

AudioCardio: Check out this program if you want to test your hearing skills. The app plays sounds just below your hearing threshold to train your brain to focus on listening throughout the day. Available for Android and iOS devices.

AB Clix: After you take an initial placement test, you’ll receive customized programs that focus on helping you identify vowel and consonant sounds in quiet and noisy environments. Available for iPads.

Audiology & Hearing Aid Solutions offers hearing accessories to complement your hearing training efforts. Call 888.473.8702 or contact us online to schedule an appointment.