diff --git a/src/app/accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.stub.ts b/src/app/accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.stub.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b619a337de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.stub.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { AccessibilitySettingsService } from './accessibility-settings.service';
+
+export function getAccessibilitySettingsServiceStub(): AccessibilitySettingsService {
+  return new AccessibilitySettingsServiceStub() as unknown as AccessibilitySettingsService;
+}
+
+export class AccessibilitySettingsServiceStub {
+  getAllAccessibilitySettingKeys = jasmine.createSpy('getAllAccessibilitySettingKeys').and.returnValue([]);
+
+  get = jasmine.createSpy('get').and.returnValue(of(null));
+
+  getAsNumber = jasmine.createSpy('getAsNumber').and.returnValue(of(0));
+
+  getAll = jasmine.createSpy('getAll').and.returnValue(of({}));
+
+  getAllSettingsFromCookie = jasmine.createSpy('getAllSettingsFromCookie').and.returnValue({});
+
+  getAllSettingsFromAuthenticatedUserMetadata = jasmine.createSpy('getAllSettingsFromAuthenticatedUserMetadata')
+    .and.returnValue(of({}));
+
+  set = jasmine.createSpy('setSettings').and.returnValue(of('cookie'));
+
+  updateSettings = jasmine.createSpy('updateSettings').and.returnValue(of('cookie'));
+
+  setSettingsInAuthenticatedUserMetadata = jasmine.createSpy('setSettingsInAuthenticatedUserMetadata')
+    .and.returnValue(of(false));
+
+  setSettingsInMetadata = jasmine.createSpy('setSettingsInMetadata').and.returnValue(of(false));
+
+  setSettingsInCookie = jasmine.createSpy('setSettingsInCookie');
+
+  getInputType = jasmine.createSpy('getInputType').and.returnValue('text');
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.service.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.service.spec.ts
index 858ef88313..b14fa7abaf 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/live-region/live-region.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 import { LiveRegionService } from './live-region.service';
-import { fakeAsync, tick, flush } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { fakeAsync, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { UUIDService } from '../../core/shared/uuid.service';
+import { getAccessibilitySettingsServiceStub } from '../../accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.stub';
+import { AccessibilitySettingsService } from '../../accessibility/accessibility-settings.service';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
 
 describe('liveRegionService', () => {
   let service: LiveRegionService;
+  let accessibilitySettingsService: AccessibilitySettingsService;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    accessibilitySettingsService = getAccessibilitySettingsServiceStub();
+
+    accessibilitySettingsService.getAsNumber = jasmine.createSpy('getAsNumber').and.returnValue(of(100));
+
     service = new LiveRegionService(
       new UUIDService(),
+      accessibilitySettingsService,
     );
   });
 
@@ -81,13 +90,16 @@ describe('liveRegionService', () => {
       expect(results[2]).toEqual(['Message One', 'Message Two']);
 
       service.clear();
-      flush();
+      tick(200);
 
       expect(results.length).toEqual(4);
       expect(results[3]).toEqual([]);
     }));
 
     it('should not pop messages added after clearing within timeOut period', fakeAsync(() => {
+      // test expects a clear rate of 30 seconds
+      accessibilitySettingsService.getAsNumber = jasmine.createSpy('getAsNumber').and.returnValue(of(30000));
+
       const results: string[][] = [];
 
       service.getMessages$().subscribe((messages) => {
@@ -114,45 +126,6 @@ describe('liveRegionService', () => {
       expect(results.length).toEqual(5);
       expect(results[4]).toEqual([]);
     }));
-
-    it('should respect configured timeOut', fakeAsync(() => {
-      const results: string[][] = [];
-
-      service.getMessages$().subscribe((messages) => {
-        results.push(messages);
-      });
-
-      expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
-      expect(results[0]).toEqual([]);
-
-      const timeOutMs = 500;
-      service.setMessageTimeOutMs(timeOutMs);
-
-      service.addMessage('Message One');
-      tick(timeOutMs - 1);
-
-      expect(results.length).toEqual(2);
-      expect(results[1]).toEqual(['Message One']);
-
-      tick(1);
-
-      expect(results.length).toEqual(3);
-      expect(results[2]).toEqual([]);
-
-      const timeOutMsTwo = 50000;
-      service.setMessageTimeOutMs(timeOutMsTwo);
-
-      service.addMessage('Message Two');
-      tick(timeOutMsTwo - 1);
-
-      expect(results.length).toEqual(4);
-      expect(results[3]).toEqual(['Message Two']);
-
-      tick(1);
-
-      expect(results.length).toEqual(5);
-      expect(results[4]).toEqual([]);
-    }));
   });
 
   describe('liveRegionVisibility', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/notifications/notifications-board/notifications-board.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/notifications/notifications-board/notifications-board.component.spec.ts
index 08b9585a8c..22d0671d9c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/notifications/notifications-board/notifications-board.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/notifications/notifications-board/notifications-board.component.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import uniqueId from 'lodash/uniqueId';
 import { INotificationBoardOptions } from '../../../../config/notifications-config.interfaces';
 import { NotificationsServiceStub } from '../../testing/notifications-service.stub';
 import { cold } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { AccessibilitySettingsService } from '../../../accessibility/accessibility-settings.service';
+import { getAccessibilitySettingsServiceStub } from '../../../accessibility/accessibility-settings.service.stub';
 
 export const bools = { f: false, t: true };
 
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ describe('NotificationsBoardComponent', () => {
       declarations: [NotificationsBoardComponent, NotificationComponent], // declare the test component
       providers: [
         { provide: NotificationsService, useClass: NotificationsServiceStub },
+        { provide: AccessibilitySettingsService, useValue: getAccessibilitySettingsServiceStub() },
         ChangeDetectorRef]
     }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
   }));