The phrase "a gradient of impairment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing varying levels of impairment, such as in medical, psychological, or educational discussions.
Example: "The study revealed a gradient of impairment in cognitive function among the participants, with some showing mild deficits while others exhibited severe challenges."
Alternatives: "a spectrum of impairment" or "a range of impairment".
Some authors have argued that neglect manifests as a gradient across the visual field [33] and parietal lesions have been simulated elsewhere with a gradient of impairment [34], [35], [36].
Object-based neglect of the left side of individual objects (or two objects connected as a single entity) was simulated using a gradient of impairment in the parietal module.
When the simulated lesion incorporated a gradient of impairment, the left hemifield was again neglected (see example in figure 5a,b) but the extent to which the scan path entered the neglected hemifield was determined by the severity of the lesion i.e. the steepness of the gradient.
The findings also support the view that schizophrenia has a stronger neurodevelopmental component than bipolar disorder and suggest that it lies on a gradient of decreasing neurodevelopmental impairment between syndromes such as mental retardation and autism, on one hand, and bipolar disorder on the other [ 74].
Leblond, C. S. et al. Meta-analysis of SHANK mutations in autism spectrum disorders: a gradient of severity in cognitive impairments.
The gradient of impairment started at values ranging from 1 to 100% at the far left of the hemifield and reduced to zero at the centre of the visual field.
Patients scoring four points or more (11%) had more than double the mortality risk of patients with no impairment (45%), with a gradient of risk for patients in between these two extremes.
Fact: chopper types grind in a more or less indiscriminate manner, producing particles in a gradient of sizes.
Walking through the building is like viewing a timelapse; a gradient of construction.
There is a gradient of anonymity in the online world, and review-writing is no exception.
Their bodies, according to the 28-year-old artist, are washed in "a gradient of grays".
