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The phrase "a decrease in the ability to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a reduction in someone's or something's capacity to perform a specific function or task.
Example: "The recent changes in the environment have led to a decrease in the ability to adapt among certain species."
Alternatives: "a decline in the capacity to" or "a reduction in the capability to".
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Hearing loss is a decrease in the ability to perceive sounds.
This was associated to a decrease in the ability to retain, store, and use rain water, and also in nutrient cycling.
Using inhibition of startle techniques, pASR and gASR, we were able to correlate a decrease in the ability to inhibit the ASR at specific frequencies with the perception of tinnitus.
Distortion can be simply characterized as a decrease in the ability to distinguish speech from noise.
Aging entails not only a decrease in the ability to be active, but also a trend toward increased dependence to sustain basic life functions.
S-nitrosylation of Hsp90α results in the inhibition of its ATPase activity and a decrease in the ability to activate eNOS [95].
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Tens of millions of baby boomers are encountering two problems that are related: the decrease in memory functions described in your article, and a concurrent age-related decrease in the ability to stay asleep during the night.
Functional decline was defined as a decrease in ability to perform one IADL at follow-up.
In contrast, solubilization resulted in a marked decrease in the ability of ETR1(C4S,C6S) to bind ethylene.
Some cognitive abilities decrease with age for example, the ability to distinguish facial patterns in reduced light (Hayes and Minardi 2005).
During the TMT test, poor locomotor performance is correlated with a decrease in visual ability.
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