intellectual impairment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintellectualandimpairment
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intellectual
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.əl/us/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.əl/
relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially ...
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impairment
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpeə.mənt/us/ɪmˈper.mənt/
the act of spoiling something or making it weaker so that it is ...
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(Definition ofintellectualandimpairmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These semantic errors did not seem to be a function of overallintellectualimpairment, whereas there were strong suggestions of such an association in the case of perceptual errors.
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Age disorientation in chronic schizophrenia is not associated with pre-morbidintellectualimpairmentor past physical treatment.
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Multivariate analyses indicated that a history of seizures as well as a history of infantile spasms was predictive of the degree ofintellectualimpairment.
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The major finding of the present study is that language test impairment appears to be a function of the generalintellectualimpairmentthat also characterizes schizophrenia.
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Generalintellectualimpairmentis an important determinant of poor language test performance in schizophrenia, but presence of formal thought disorder may also contribute.
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That includes bullying on the grounds of physical, sensory orintellectualimpairmentor special educational needs.
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Indeed, that, plus the extra stress placed upon someone who has basically anintellectualimpairment, is asking the almost impossible of such a person.
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If their need involvesintellectualimpairment, selection exacerbates their sense of failure.
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Corporal punishment is widely regarded as particularly inappropriate for children with sensory, physical andintellectualimpairmentand those with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
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Although it seems clear that generalintellectualimpairmentis a major determinant of linguistic impairment in schizophrenia, this may not be the whole story.
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Intellectualimpairmentand epilepsy are among the best known and validated associations, but hearing, visual, and language impairments are also common.
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In the fetal alcohol syndrome, the degree ofintellectualimpairmentin the offspring is positively correlated with the severity of the physical abnormalities.
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Congenital profound deafness also can lead to poor spoken and written language skills, as canintellectualimpairment, or the effects of acquired brain injury.
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It is not the case that all of these populations perform similarly simply by virtue of a generalintellectualimpairment.
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Some of the patients also showed mild or moderate generalintellectualimpairment(see below).
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Consequently, the need to distinguish attentional deficits from a generalizedintellectualimpairment is important and it is surprising that few studies have done this.
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The longer term problems includeintellectualimpairment, problem behaviour, infertility, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
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Age disorientation in chronic schizophrenia is associated with globalintellectualimpairment.
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However, given the wide variations of the degree of generalintellectualimpairmentseen in schizophrenia, it would be difficult to control for this factor in a correlational study.
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