Everything here is designed to be genuinely useful, the kind of resource you take with you to the doctor’s appointment, not something that sits unread in your downloads folder.
Free Patient Guides
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Tinnitus: First Steps
What tinnitus is, why you have it, and what to do next. Includes the red flags checklist and the five questions to bring to your ENT or GP appointment.
Free
Should I Have a Tonsillectomy? Consultation Checklist
Episode log, symptom tracker, ASO titre reference, and the 5 questions to bring to your ENT appointment.
Free
What AI Can and Can’t Tell You About Your Health
A clinician’s reflection guide on using AI health tools wisely: what to trust, what to question, and what only a doctor can tell you.
Free
Ear Infections in Children: A Parent’s Guide
The four types of childhood ear infection, when antibiotics are needed, the red flags that mean emergency care, and what to ask your paediatrician or ENT.
Free
Seasonal Allergy Action Plan
Why your allergies are getting worse, and what the updated 2024–2025 ARIA guidelines now recommend. An 8-page printable guide with the treatment ladder, red flag checklist, and questions to bring to your next appointment.
Free
Sleep Apnea & Your Ears: The Risk Checklist
Sleep apnea damages hearing through five distinct mechanisms — most patients are never told. A one-page clinical checklist of warning signs and the exact questions to ask your doctor before the damage accumulates.
More free guides coming soon
Vertigo & BPPV · Sinusitis · Tonsillectomy Recovery · Grommets
Books & Journals
By Dr. Carmen Chiran — available on Amazon
$14.99
Anatomy of Being
Medicine, Consciousness, and the Art of Being Present
A physician’s reflection on the body as a site of meaning, not just a mechanism. A book where clinical experience meets the philosophical questions patients carry into every appointment. The practice cards below accompany its chapters.
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$7.99
Tinnitus: Living Alongside It
Digital Edition — Read on any device
The complete digital edition. Available instantly on Kindle — read on any device, anywhere. The same clinically grounded content, delivered immediately.
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Instant download
$17.99
Breathe! Oxygen’s Amazing Journey Through the Human Body
For Young Readers Ages 10 to 14 — Book 1 of the Mysteries of the Human Body Series
A narrative science adventure that follows Oxy, a brave oxygen molecule, through the respiratory system, the bloodstream, the heart, and into the living cell. Packed with quizzes, activities, coloring pages, and experiments. Clinically accurate science, written by a physician and her son, and brought to life as a story your child will not forget.
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Practice Cards — Anatomy of Being
Printable · Five minutes · No equipment needed
Each card accompanies a chapter of Anatomy of Being — a book about the body as a system of meaning. One evidence-grounded practice per chapter. Free to download.
Free
The Still Listen
A 5-minute daily practice card for the act of listening — to use in the first minutes of waking, before a difficult conversation, or at the close of the day. From the chapter on the architecture of hearing.
Free
The Voiced Return
A 5-minute practice card to use before a difficult conversation, when the voice feels disconnected from the person it belongs to, or whenever you want to follow your voice back to its source. From the chapter on resonant identity.
Free
The Grounded Return
A 6-step body practice for finding your centre. Stand. Arrive. Locate the axis. Five minutes, no equipment, anywhere. From the chapter on the vestibular system and the science of balance.
Courses & In-Depth Programmes
Coming 2026
Understanding Tinnitus — The Complete Course
A structured 5-module course covering the neuroscience of tinnitus, what the evidence supports, and practical strategies for habituation. Built for patients who want to truly understand what is happening — and what to do about it.
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All resources are for educational purposes only and do not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional regarding your specific condition.