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Amber Horner is deaf and so is her dog, Greta. Horner was born with Waardenburg syndrome, a hereditary condition responsible for her deafness, as well as her one blue eye and one brown eye. She suspects her new dog was born with pigment-associated deafness, which would explain the dog's all-over white coat and eyes with blue irises.

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