Patient Information Sheets

Information sheets to help you prepare for, and recover from, treatment with Dr Reddy. Click a sheet or its Download button to save the PDF. If you have any concerns, please contact the rooms.

Ear and hearing

Grommet surgery recovery guide

What to expect after grommet insertion, including ear drops and water care.

Keyhole ear surgery recovery guide

Recovery after endoscopic (keyhole) ear surgery and caring for the ear.

Surfer’s ear (exostoses) surgery recovery guide

Recovery after exostoses surgery and how to stop them returning.

Cochlear implant recovery guide

Wound care, activity and switch-on after cochlear implant surgery.

Otitis externa (swimmer’s ear)

How ear canal infections are treated and how to prevent them coming back.

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Why sudden hearing loss is an emergency and what treatment involves.

Asymmetric hearing loss and MRI

Why an MRI may be recommended when one ear hears worse than the other.

Tinnitus

What tinnitus is, what makes it worse and how it can be managed.

Nose and sinus

Endoscopic sinus surgery recovery guide

What to expect after sinus surgery, including how to do saline washes.

Septoplasty and turbinoplasty recovery guide

Recovery after surgery to the nasal septum and turbinates.

Throat, airway and sleep

Tonsil and adenoid recovery guide

Pain relief, eating and warning signs after tonsil and adenoid surgery.

Adenoidectomy recovery guide

What to expect after your child’s adenoids are removed.

When children snore: why it matters

Why persistent snoring in children deserves assessment.

OSA-18 sleep questionnaire

A questionnaire about your child’s sleep to complete before your appointment.

Laryngomalacia (noisy breathing in babies)

Causes, feeding tips and when surgery may be needed.

Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR)

Throat reflux: symptoms, diet and lifestyle changes, and medication.

Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)

A summary of the literature on growth, watching, radiosurgery and surgery.

Cholesteatoma

Symptoms, scans, surgical options and long-term follow-up.

Perforated eardrum and tympanoplasty

When a hole in the eardrum heals by itself, and how it is repaired.

Otosclerosis and stapes surgery

Hearing loss from otosclerosis and CO2 laser stapedotomy.

Bone conduction and middle ear implants

Hearing implants when hearing aids are not suitable.

Chronic sinusitis and sinus surgery

Medical treatment, biologics and endoscopic sinus surgery.