listening, audition, perceiving, earshot, attention, heed, awareness, comprehension, understanding, reception, sense, detection, monitoring, overhearing, eavesdropping, auscultation, auditory percepti... [more]
damaging - harming - weakening - diminishing - degrading - reducing - lessening - undermining - compromising - injuring - spoiling - ruining - debilitating - crippling - disabling - incapacitating - vitiating - eroding - corroding - blighting - marring - tainting - fouling - sullying - tarnishing - defacing - disfiguring - mutilating - maiming - scarring - wrecking - shattering - fracturing - breaking - disrupting - disturbing - unsettling - destabilizing - perturbing - agitating - rattling - shaking - jarring - disorienting - confusing - muddling - clouding - obscuring - distorting
The term 'impairing' refers to causing a reduction in function or efficiency, often in the context of health. It can mean anything that damages, weakens, or diminishes the ability or effectiveness of an organ, system, or individual. This impairment can be temporary or permanent and can affect physical, mental, or sensory functions.