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Attending Clinic - What Happens?
Welcome
When you arrive at Lymington Business Centre, you will be taken directly into the clinic, by-passing reception and the waiting area. You will need to have your temperature taken, sanitise your hands and wear a fresh face mask provided for you. You will need to read information about attending the appointment and sign a consent form. You will be required to pay for your appointment at the time of booking, so that you can exit and not stay in the waiting area where other patients may be waiting.
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The Appointment
Once you enter Ear Clinic you can relax and take a seat. The specialist will ask you some questions about your health that relate directly to your treatment. You can discuss your health without feeling rushed, as we allow a full 30 minutes for your consultation.
Oto-endoscopy
We will use the latest endoscope technology to view the health of the ear. An endoscope provides the greatest level of image clarity and light, providing excellent vision good enough to carry out surgery. Patients typically find this very interesting, however, if you would prefer not to look, please do let us know.
Education
There is a choice of large monitors that display the endoscope’s visual field. The patient and the specialist can therefore, view and discuss together, the now visible problem. Understanding the cause and the recommended treatment is important. It may also be necessary to consider the need for ongoing management should the problem be known to reoccur.
Should a patient present at this stage with no excessive earwax requiring treatment, then the appointment will be closed. We may offer advice that may help you to understand what to do next if for example, you feel you have attended due to hearing loss in one ear.
Aural Care Treatments
Microsuction at Ear Clinic is the most common method of removing excessive earwax. There are alternative methods of removing earwax that maybe required to complete a treatment. Please see Learn More at the bottom of the page for more information on each method.
During your treatment you will be seated in a fully adjustable electronic chair. The specialist can without effort, place your ear in the correct position to complete the treatment as safely as possible.
During your treatment you will be seated in a fully adjustable electronic chair. The specialist can without effort, place your ear in the correct position to complete the treatment as safely as possible.
The latest powerful LED microscope provides excellent vision with depth perception when working in the ear canal. Other equipment in the form of a high definition camera and video are employed. Most of the equipment required during treatment is either fully automatic or manually controlled by the specialist using foot pedals. This ensures their hands are free to minimise risk and work efficiently.
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Regardless of cost, our microsuction cannulas are single use (disposable) to reduce risk.
A small cannula (suction tube) is connected to a vacuum source to provide air suction through the cannula. The tip of the cannula is placed in the ear canal and where it touches the earwax, it is drawn up though the cannula and out of the ear. The tip of the suction cannula may also fix to the surface of the earwax and removed. Because the suction takes place in the ear canal, it appears noisy and you may get the feeling of the ear cooling as the air moves venturi effect.
A small cannula (suction tube) is connected to a vacuum source to provide air suction through the cannula. The tip of the cannula is placed in the ear canal and where it touches the earwax, it is drawn up though the cannula and out of the ear. The tip of the suction cannula may also fix to the surface of the earwax and removed. Because the suction takes place in the ear canal, it appears noisy and you may get the feeling of the ear cooling as the air moves venturi effect.
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Moisturise
Research has shown that for some, using water (irrigation) to remove excessive earwax, causes the ear to produce more earwax in response. Microsuction is a dry method of earwax removal and we have found that most patients who came to us with the need for routine earwax removal, had the frequency of their appointments halved within two years.
For patients with dry skin conditions, we may use a special atomiser to moisturise the ear following irrigation.
For patients with dry skin conditions, we may use a special atomiser to moisturise the ear following irrigation.
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Validation, review and plan
A great comfort to patients is to see the images of their ears before and after treatment. This is especially the case when patients have put off obtaining help, just like that visit to the Dentist! Patients can then understand the level excessive wax and make a sensible decision on a timescale to book a reminder and finally start to manage the problem, before their ears become blocked.
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Additional notes
If you have any difficulty completing forms, then please let us know and we will be happy to assist you.
Being a little nervous is quite normal and patients are welcome to bring this to our attention.
Being a little nervous is quite normal and patients are welcome to bring this to our attention.
Qualifications and insurance
We’ve been serving the Police, Civil Service, Firefighters and other partners since 2009.
All clinic staff are senior in their discipline, qualified and registered with the appropriate authority. It is a legal requirement that staff are covered by professional indemnity insurance.
Specialists typically fall in to three registration groups:
1. General Medical Council
2. The Nursing & Midwifery Council
3. Health & Care Professions Council
Patients attending Ear Clinic are provided with details of whom will carry out their treatment upon arrival.
All clinic staff are senior in their discipline, qualified and registered with the appropriate authority. It is a legal requirement that staff are covered by professional indemnity insurance.
Specialists typically fall in to three registration groups:
1. General Medical Council
2. The Nursing & Midwifery Council
3. Health & Care Professions Council
Patients attending Ear Clinic are provided with details of whom will carry out their treatment upon arrival.
Book an appointment
Call between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. There are early and late appointments available.
Walk-in to make an appointment.
See our Contact page here for more details.
Walk-in to make an appointment.
See our Contact page here for more details.
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