DFNB1 Overview
Learn About DFNB1
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Multicare Health System
William Duke is an Otolaryngologist in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Duke and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of DFNB1. His top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid Adenoma, Parathyroid Cancer, Thyroidectomy, and Parathyroidectomy. Dr. Duke is currently accepting new patients.
Multicare Health System
John Simmer is an Otolaryngologist in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Simmer and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of DFNB1. His top areas of expertise are Nasal Polyps, Nasal Septal Hematoma, Low Nasal Bridge, and Infant Hearing Loss. Dr. Simmer is currently accepting new patients.
Proliance Ear Nose Throat & Allergy Associates
Douglas Backous, MD, is a board-certified neurotologist specializing in treating conditions of the ear and skull base. For more than 22 years, Dr. Backous has provided leading edge treatments for patients with hearing loss, deafness, chronic ear infections, cholesteatoma acoustic neuromas and facial nerve disorders. His professional passion is ensuring access to care for patients who choose to hear with cochlear implants, brainstem implants, Baha and other hearing devices. He treats adults and children. His medical research interests focus on implantable hearing device program efficiency for improved patient access and program viability. Dr. Backous is a member of the Proliance Surgeons Board of Directors. He is also the program director for the Seattle Advanced Otology Fellowship at Puget Sound ENT. Both Doug (’84) and his wife, Julie (’86), are alumni of Seattle Pacific University, where he previously served as Board Chair. They have three adult children. Dr. Backous is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of DFNB1. His top areas of expertise are Acoustic Neuroma, Schwannoma, Cholesteatoma, and Infant Hearing Loss.