Castro PF, Sanabria NJG, Torres CM, Iviricu TRJ, González SH

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Waardenburg's syndrome is a rare entity, having a certain degree of disability when sensorineural hypoacusis and visual disability appear. A family of 26 carriers (all them alive) of Waardenburg's syndrome who lives in Sandino municipality, Pinar del Rio province was detected.
Objective: to determine the possible association of disabilities with academic achievement and social relations among these subjects.
Material and method: an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive case-study was carried out with people belonging to a family suffering from Waardenburg's syndrome in Sandino municipality.
Results: this research incorporates important aspects of Waardenburg's syndrome not previously described; which offer the possibility of showing them in a new way to improve and update knowledge of this entity.
Conclusions: hearing disabilities together with physical features were the main difficulties to find a job and to perform it efficiently in people suffering from Waardenburg's syndrome.

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