Training with Familiar Voices: How We’re Making Auditory Training Personal
Introducing Voices: Train with the people who matter most. Learn how Lace's newest feature is transforming auditory training through familiar voice recognition, delivering 15% better outcomes in just one week.
When it comes to hearing health, there's nothing more personal than the voices of your loved ones. That's why we're excited to announce Voices, our latest feature that's fundamentally changing how patients engage with auditory training.
The problem with traditional training
Most auditory training platforms use generic voices or basic background noise settings. While this can help with general hearing improvement, it misses something crucial: the emotional connection and real-world application that comes from practicing with voices you actually want to hear.
Enter our newest feature, Voices
Now Lace users can train using the voices of their family and friends. The process is beautifully simple:
1. Send a quick invite via text
2. Your loved one records a 30-second script
3. Their voice becomes available for your training sessions
But this isn't just about making training more engaging (though that's a nice bonus). The science behind it is pretty impressive.
The science backing it up
The impact of familiar voice training isn't just anecdotal - it's backed by rigorous research. Studies have shown that just one week of training with familiar voices can lead to a 10-15% increase in intelligibility. This dramatic improvement in such a short time underscores why we built Voices: when patients train with the voices that matter to them, they're not just practicing - they're rebuilding vital connections.
"This is about more than just hearing - it's about meaningful connection," says Dr. Miles Aron, Co-founder and COO at Lace. "When someone struggles to hear their grandchild's voice or misses their partner's jokes at dinner, they're missing moments that matter. Voices gives them a way to practice these specific, meaningful interactions in a safe, private environment."
Why training with familiar voices matters
Here's the thing about hearing loss: it's not just about volume. It's about connection. When someone struggles to hear their grandchild's voice or misses their partner's jokes at dinner, they're missing moments that matter. Voices gives them a way to practice these specific, meaningful interactions in a safe, private environment.
Part of our bigger product update
Voices isn't launching in isolation. It's part of our most ambitious product update yet, alongside our expanded Learn section (with 68 bite-sized educational videos) and our massive content library growth to over 8,000 exercises across 27 topics. We're not just building features—we're creating a comprehensive platform that adapts to each patient's unique hearing journey.
These updates work together. While patients are using Voices to practice with familiar people, they can access expert-crafted educational content about communication strategies, and train across a variety of engaging topics—from history and culture to health and wellness. It's all part of our vision to make auditory training not just effective, but genuinely enjoyable.
Looking forward
This is just the beginning. As part of our broader mission to innovate auditory training, Voices represents our commitment to making hearing health technology more personal, more effective, and more aligned with what patients actually need.
Join the hundreds of practices leveraging Lace AI Pro and auditory training to better support their patients. Schedule a quick call to explore what's new.
