Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Adherence(also: Treatment Adherence, Exercise Adherence, Compliance)
- The extent to which a person follows prescribed medical treatments, exercise routines, or therapy programs. In physical therapy and rehabilitation, adherence is often framed as an individual responsibility, with non-adherence viewed as patient failure. However, accessibility…
- Alarm Fatigue(also: Alert Fatigue, Notification Fatigue)
- A phenomenon in which an individual becomes desensitised to alarms, alerts, or notifications due to their excessive frequency, repetitive nature, or lack of meaningful context, leading the person to ignore, snooze, or dismiss them. In healthcare and medication management, alarm…
- Animal-Assisted Therapy(also: AAT, Pet Therapy)
- A non-pharmacological therapeutic approach in which interaction with animals — typically dogs, cats, or horses — is used to support physical, cognitive, social, or emotional health goals. Evidence suggests AAT can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and improve mood and…
- Audiogram(also: Hearing Test Chart, Pure-tone Audiogram)
- An audiogram is a graph of a person's hearing thresholds measured across a range of frequencies — typically 250 Hz to 8 kHz — plotted separately for each ear. Thresholds are expressed in decibels hearing level (dB HL) relative to the expected threshold of a young, healthy ear,…
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