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impairment

[im-pair-muhnt] / ɪmˈpɛər mənt /


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Only 7% cover accommodations for mobility limitation, hearing disability, vision impairment and sensory disabilities.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Much less is known about how to turn a positive test into a reliable timestamp for impairment.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The bot told the patient, whose doctor had previously diagnosed him with mild cognitive impairment, that his condition had progressed to dementia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But, joking aside, he emphasizes that some of these diseases can be very serious, causing encephalitis, neurological impairment, and death.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

They weren't partial or biased, just very persuasive in detailing how organic brain damage, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder can conspire to create severe mental impairment.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The research could have important implications for how people understand acquired language impairments, or aphasia.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

The participants with severe language impairments performed as well as a control group.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

The bank booked credit impairments of $150 million, up from $119 million in the year-earlier period.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

“I’m generally very cautious about starting a GLP-1 in my older adult patients who have functional impairments, like needing a walker to ambulate or needing assistance with transferring from a bed to a chair.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

Across America, ophthalmologists rediscovered an obscure and risky procedure called radial keratotomy, and there was a boom in surgery to correct small impairments of vision.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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