Auxiliary is an adjective describing something that provides additional help. The terms auxiliary aid and auxiliary service describe communication tools or assistance offered to someone with a sensory disability, such as hearing loss. A sensory disability is sometimes also called a communications disability.
Examples of auxiliary aids and services for individuals with hearing loss include: assistive listening systems, Communication Access Real-Time Captioning (CART), closed captioning, open captioning, personal hearing amplifiers, telephone handset amplifiers, and telephones that are compatible with hearing aids.
See the ADA section, Effective Communication (this website)
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