The emotional climax of “A Strange Loop,” now playing through Aug. 10 at Atlas Performing Arts Center, unfolds in a fierce and vulnerable silence. Usher, the narrator (played by Gabriel Silva), is ...

When Rebecca Alexander was in college, she was grappling with a recent diagnosis of Usher syndrome, a genetic condition that causes vision and hearing loss. Meeting the head of deaf and hard of ...

Usher syndrome (US) is the most common condition that involves both hearing and vision problems. A syndrome is a disease or disorder that has more than one feature or symptom. The major symptoms of US ...

Louisiana’s Acadiana region is home to one of the nation’s largest known communities of people with Usher Syndrome, particularly the severe Acadian form (USH1C) carried by early Acadian settlers.