If you're listening to an audiobook, and you are struggling because the narrator is speaking too quickly or too slowly for your needs, you can speed up or slow down the playback speed in many audiobook players.
@ShaulaEvans@audiobooks@bookstodon for Librivox audiobooks on iOS I can recommend listening using @overcastfm. It not only has an option to change speed but it has a feature to reduce pauses between words.