Usher Syndrome

The Usher Syndrome topic includes research on the genetics, diagnosis, and treatment of Usher syndrome, a genetic condition affecting vision, hearing, and balance.

The syndrome involves abnormal development of sound receptor cells and vestibular hair cells in the inner ear, which affects hearing and balance. Major symptoms of Usher syndrome include deafness or hearing loss and retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease. Most children with Usher syndrome have moderate to profound hearing loss from birth, along with progressive vision loss and, in some cases, balance problems.