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The questions we hear most often in consultation, answered here with the time an appointment does not always allow. The pieces are written by the team at Clínica Rhinus and reviewed by a physician before publication. Each article shows the author, the reviewer with their medical registration number, and the date of the last review, so you know who is speaking and when.
Ear
Earwax is not dirt: it protects the ear canal, and the ear has its own way of clearing it. A cotton bud interrupts that mechanism and pushes inwards what would have come out on its own.
Profa. Dra. Aline Bittencourt ·
Ear
Hearing aids and cochlear implants solve different problems. The decision does not rest on the degree of hearing loss alone: it rests on how much a person understands of what they hear, even with sound amplified.
Profa. Dra. Aline Bittencourt ·
Pediatric hearing
When speech is late, hearing is the first thing to rule out. Not because it is the most common cause, but because it is the simplest to check and the one that most changes the plan when it is involved.
Profa. Dra. Aline Bittencourt ·
Nose
People who live with a blocked nose for years are usually given two explanations: rhinitis or a deviated septum. Both can be true at once, and treating only one of them explains a good deal of the frustration.
Dr André Jucá ·
Pediatric hearing
Not passing newborn hearing screening is alarming, but most of the time it does not mean hearing loss. Here is what usually causes a referral result, which tests follow, and why the timeframe matters.
Prof. Aline Bittencourt, MD, PhD ·
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