LACE Online Scoring Details
Trend for improvement: DOWN
The QuickSIN is an objective test of comprehension of speech in noisy environments. This is a well accepted test in the field of audiology.
The QuickSIN scores are a bit counterintuitive:
The lower the number, the better your ability to understand speech in noise.
The QuickSIN score is a ratio of the volume of the spoken sentence that you are trying to understand 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 such as restaurants, parties, church events, family celebrations, etc.
Trend for improvement: DOWN
A decrease in score indicates an improvement. The average patient has about a 2.5 point decrease in score during training.
Patient Counseling Notes
A normal hearing listener will have a score of about 2 dB SNR or less, with good speakers.  High scores may indicate the need for directional microphones or assistive technologies.
Other Considerations
Reflects the ability to follow speech in a noisy background. It can be affected by hearing loss and the ability to block out background noises (this ability decreases in normal healthy aging).
Trend for improvement: UP
An increase in score indicates an improvement. The average patient has about a 0.2 increase in score during training.
Patient Counseling Notes
A score of 1.0x means the patient can only follow speech at slow conversational speeds. A score of 2.0x means that the patient can follow speech at 2 times the rate of slow conversational speeds.
Other Considerations
Reflects the ability to follow fast speech with some of the speech information removed. It can be affected by hearing loss and by the effects of normal aging (slower processing speed).
Trend for improvement: DOWN
A decrease in score indicates an improvement. The average patient has about a 3 point decrease in score during training.
Patient Counseling Notes
A normal hearing listener will have a score of about 1 dB SNR or less, with good speakers.  High scores may indicate the need for directional microphones or assistive technologies.
Other Considerations
Reflects the ability to block out a single speaker and focus on another. It can be affected by hearing loss and by the ability to block out unwanted signals.
Trend for improvement: UP
An increase in score indicates an improvement. The lowest score possible is a 1.0 and the highest score possible is a 6.0
Patient Counseling Notes
A low score (lower than 3) indicates either significant difficulty remembering spoken information or difficulty understanding speech in a quiet background.
Other Considerations
Reflects 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.
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