During that time, says Merzenich, as the patients listen to andrepeat words they hear, their brains create new activity patterns to represent pieces of meaningful speech, thus teaching themselves to hear again.
Like the Rosetta Stone's ubiquitously marketed computer-based product, TOTALe Online works by means of virtual immersion: Regardless of skill level, you listen in on dialogues, repeat sentences and answer questions entirely in the language you're studying.