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Sydney Carruthers, DOB 9/7/94

Features and Characteristics: Cerebral infarctions (determined by an MRI) Mild to moderate sensory neural hearing loss Epilepsy Hypertonia around the mouth Fine motor delay Able to speak but not understandably Normal intelligence Testing with negative results: Thought to have had peri-natal strokes, but physicians are not in agreement Has been seen by a geneticist, but a genetic syndrome is not suspected so no testing has been done

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