Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Listening Fatigue(also: Auditory Fatigue)
- The mental and physical exhaustion experienced from sustained effortful listening, commonly reported by people who are Hard of Hearing or use hearing aids and cochlear implants. Listening fatigue can reduce comprehension, concentration, and engagement over time. In the context…
- Loudness Recruitment(also: Recruitment, Hyperacusis-like Recruitment)
- Loudness recruitment is a common consequence of sensorineural hearing loss in which the range between 'just audible' and 'uncomfortably loud' sounds is compressed — quiet sounds are harder to hear, but sounds above threshold grow louder more rapidly than in a typical listener.…
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