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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Shepard Tone(also: Shepard Scale, Shepard-Risset Glissando)
A psychoacoustic auditory illusion created by layering sine waves separated by octaves, producing the paradoxical perception of a tone that continuously rises (or falls) in pitch indefinitely, yet cycles back without apparent discontinuity. Named after cognitive scientist Roger…
Stereo Panning(also: Audio Panning, Pan)
The technique of distributing a mono sound signal between the left and right channels of a stereo output to create the perception that the sound originates from a specific horizontal position in space. A fully left-panned sound plays only in the left ear, a centered sound plays…

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