impairment
Reduced capacity state
Impairment is the state of being diminished or weakened.
A hearing impairment reduces someone's ability to hear.
Cognitive impairment affects mental function.
The word often appears in legal and medical contexts: driving under impairment, visual impairment.
In accounting, asset impairment means a permanent decline in value below what's recorded on the books.
Something blocking the way
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- handicapImposed competitive disadvantage
limitation · restriction · constraint · encumbrance · setback · disadvantage · hurdle · interference
Injury or damage
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- lesionArea of pathological change
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
erosion · breakage · fracture · rupture · scarring · degradation · degeneration · destruction
Loss of strength or vitality
- diminishmentProcess of becoming smaller
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- enfeeblementState of growing weak
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
decline · fatigue · frailty · exhaustion · depletion · reduction · degradation · waning
Ease of approach
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- sign-languageCommunication through gestures
- assistiveProviding help or aid
accommodation · rehabilitation · inclusion · orthotic · adaptive · barrier-free · audiobook · cognitive
Chronic cognitive impairment
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
amnesia · processing · reasoning · judgment · comprehension · neurocognitive · stroke
Absence of vision
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- tinnitusPerceived phantom ear sounds
- color-blindnessInability to differentiate hues
- glaucomaPressure damages optic nerve
cataracts · anosmia · numbness · auditory · visual · tactile · proprioception
Drunken state
- drunkennessImpaired state from alcohol
- breathalyzerAlcohol detection device
- DUIImpaired operating charge
- substancePhysical material with mass
alcohol · drug · sedation · field-test · BAC · intoxicated
obstacle
Something blocking the way
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
handicap · limitation · restriction · constraint · encumbrance · setback · disadvantage · hurdle · interference · inhibition
harm
Injury or damage
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- lesionArea of pathological change
- traumaLasting psychological wound
deterioration · erosion · breakage · fracture · rupture · scarring · degradation · degeneration · destruction · wear
debilitation
Loss of strength or vitality
- diminishmentProcess of becoming smaller
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- enfeeblementState of growing weak
deterioration · decline · fatigue · frailty · exhaustion · depletion · reduction · degradation · waning · fading
accessibility
Ease of approach
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- sign-languageCommunication through gestures
assistive · accommodation · rehabilitation · inclusion · orthotic · adaptive · barrier-free · audiobook · cognitive · sensory
dementia
Chronic cognitive impairment
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
aphasia · amnesia · processing · reasoning · judgment · comprehension · neurocognitive · stroke
blindness
Absence of vision
- deafnessLack of auditory function
- tinnitusPerceived phantom ear sounds
- color-blindnessInability to differentiate hues
glaucoma · cataracts · anosmia · numbness · auditory · visual · tactile · proprioception
inebriation
Drunken state
- drunkennessImpaired state from alcohol
- breathalyzerAlcohol detection device
- DUIImpaired operating charge
substance · alcohol · drug · sedation · field-test · BAC · intoxicated
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- afflictionsaffliction, ailment, disease, illness, malady
- harmsharm, damage, injury, hurt, wound
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, damage
impairmentability
Power to do something
soundness · capability · wholeness · intactness · competence
impairmentimprovement
Positive change in quality
enhancement · amelioration · betterment · restoration · recovery
- cognitive impairmentDiminished intellectual function
- visual impairmentUncorrectable seeing deficit
- vision impairmentReduced ability to see
- hearing impairmentReduced auditory function
- speech impairmentDifficulty with verbal articulation
- mental impairmentReduced intellectual functioning