Usher syndrome is a genetic disorder involving the loss of both sight and hearing. The hearing loss generally occurs at birth or shortly thereafter; while a progressive loss of vision due to retinitis ...

People with Usher syndrome type 1F are born without hearing or a sense of balance and gradually lose their vision. The new approach restored hearing and balance in the mice. Existing mouse models ...

Caroline Pakenaite, 29, has Usher syndrome, a rare genetic condition which affects her sight, hearing and balance. The condition means she has night blindness, and with her tunnel vision narrowing she ...

But Usher syndrome also causes retinitis pigmentosa or RP, a disease of the retina cells leading to night blindness, tunnel vision and, eventually, a total loss of vision. “We can expect their ...