Impairment in a sentence as a noun

They are more durable, offer tactile feedback and can be used by people with visual impairment.

"Hugh Huddy is blind and works for visual impairment charities' umbrella group Vision 2020.

It's possible that, at low walking speeds, the health benefits of exercise outweigh the impairment of your concentration.

The term 'impairment' is a good choice, mobility impairment, physical impairment.

Many ***** cause little to no impairment to long-term cognitive function, especially when used in moderation.

Assistive technology is not only for the legally blind; visual impairment affects 20-30% of the world's population.

"or"...symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

In the case of a single AE-, BE- amputation or a single upper limb dysmelia, the minimal impairment is met if all fingers and the thumb of one hand is missing through the MCP joint or other impairments who are equivalents, without a functional grip.

There is no agreed-upon definition of dyslexia beyond the very general description of "a significant impairment in reading ability without significant cognitive impairment".

Similarly, the experiment with car repairs of different expenses showed that the cognitive impact is correlated to how 'bearable' an expense was: rich people weren't impacted by a thousand dollar repair, but poor people suffered an impairment that wasn't there when the repair was only $100.

There is no generally-accepted classification for the severity of autism symptoms, but it is worth noting that those systems which simply use IQ are not obviously less useful than more complex schemes; IQ correlates as strongly with functional impairment as any other factor.

Impairment definitions

noun

the occurrence of a change for the worse

See also: damage harm

noun

a symptom of reduced quality or strength

See also: deterioration

noun

the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

See also: disability disablement handicap

noun

damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

noun

the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

See also: stultification constipation deadening