{"id":11177,"date":"2024-10-16T20:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/?p=11177"},"modified":"2024-10-16T20:54:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:54:08","slug":"what-to-know-about-auditory-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/what-to-know-about-auditory-training\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Know About Auditory Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hearing loss impacts more than one in 10 people<\/a> in the United States. Hearing loss doesn\u2019t just muffle sounds. It can also make it harder for your brain to recognize familiar noises. Without treatment, the brain starts to forget how to process certain sounds, making it challenging to adjust even after getting hearing aids. That\u2019s where auditory training comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Does Auditory Training Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Auditory training uses a series of exercises that help train the brain to recognize and interpret speech sounds for better communication clarity. Auditory training isn\u2019t just for people with untreated hearing loss. It can be a great tool to help patients who recently started hearing loss treatment or those with auditory processing disorder<\/a> (APD), a disorder wherein you can hear but not distinguish between similar sounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Areas of Focus in Auditory Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Auditory training focuses on learning to distinguish between similar sounds or words, identify the direction of sound, remember and recall auditory information and process speech amidst background noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Auditory Training Exercises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a few different types of auditory training exercises you can try based on your specific needs, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n