Usher+Syndrome

This photo is comparing one normal retina (right) to one retina with usher syndrom (left). The retina with usher syndrom is has a retina that looks very pale compaired to the normal retina, and the retina on the left is showing a characteristic of pigment. This woman has type 2 usher syndrom, has already lost her ability to hear and has a visual imparment ||
 * =Genetic Disorder: Usher Syndrome= ||
 * ==Chromosome Location:The chromosomes that are affected by Usher syndrom are Myo7a, USH1c, CDH23, PCDH15, and SANS for type 1. The genes that are affected by type 2 are USH2A, VLGR1, and WHRN. The genes that are affected by type 3 are USH3A== ||
 * ==Physical and Psychological Characteristics of the Disorder:==
 * Usher syndrom affects someones hearing, sight, and balance.
 * There are 3 types of Usher syndrom, 1 being the most severe, 3 being the least severe, and 2 being somewhere in the middle.
 * Type 1 makes children profoundly deaf at birth have major balancing problems and cant see whens its dark and can progress to complete blindness.
 * Type 2 makes children have a moderate hearing loss, normal balance, and a slower progression of blindness than type 1.
 * Type 3 makes childen have normal hearing, normal to near normal balance, and night blindness will occure during puberty and will progress to blindness later on. ||
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 * ==Treatment or Management of the Condition:There is no cure for Usher syndrome.One way to manage the disorder is to use sign language, hearing aids, cochlear implants, low vision sevices, or auditory training. Another way to manage the disorder is to take a high ose of vitamin A which is suposed to slow down the progression of retinitis pigmentosa.== ||
 * ==Genetic Testing:Genetic testing is avalible. The test is includes drawing blood from peolpe with Usher syndrome and examining the chromosomes that are affected by the disorder.== ||
 * ==Average Life Expectancy: People with Usher syndrome have an average life span.== ||
 * ==Group Discussion: include component="comments" page="space.template.Genetic Disorder" limit="10"==

Do you know anyone that suffers from this condition? How do they cope with their condition to maintain their daily routine?
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