Articles
Patient guides written by Dr Makalanda on the conditions he treats, how they are assessed and what the options are.
- Patient guide · October 2026
Before your pulsatile tinnitus appointment: a questionnaire that turns the whoosh into numbers
A free questionnaire to complete at home before a pulsatile tinnitus consultation. It records the pattern of the noise and scores two published tools, the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory and the Cerebral Venous Disorders Severity Scale, then gives you a one-page summary to bring. Nothing you enter leaves your device.
- Patient guide · October 2026
Pulsatile tinnitus: what the whooshing in your ear means and what to do about it
A patient guide to pulsatile tinnitus: why your ear may be whooshing in time with your heartbeat, what causes it, why vascular causes are often missed and what to do next.