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# impairment

«impairment» in Mova's school dictionary: **a problem with part of the body or mind that makes it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an impairment, impairments; impairment — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An impairment is a problem with part of the body or mind that makes it work less well, as in «hearing impairment» or «visual impairment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/#m1)

2) Impairment is the state of being damaged or weakened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and inclusion lessons: people with visual or hearing impairments; respectful talk about disability; in science and health, how the body works; phrases: hearing impairment, visual impairment, sight impairment.

### examples

- My friend has a hearing impairment and uses hearing aids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/#x1)
- Braille helps people with a visual impairment to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/#x2)
- Some impairments cannot be seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/#x3)
- Ramps help people with mobility impairments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/#x4)
- Alcohol causes impairment of judgement (for adults). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/#x5)

### note

Formal word. Verb: impair; adjective: impaired. Use respectful language: «a person with a hearing impairment».

### In the corpora

- [Paralympians are put into classes by the kind and level of their impairment, so one distance can have several finals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/62-the-olympics-and-paralympics/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impairment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impairment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.