Teaching Stethoscope

Tolerant yet 100% heterosexual male from The Netherlands (born in 1972 but still young at heart) with a benign fetish for cardiology and heartbeats

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Listen simultaneously to each other’s hearts with the training steth

Who else’s wild fantasy is this?

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Littmann Cardiology IV

Still the best analog stethoscope in my collection 😊

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Two new audio recordings

Made with the stethmic attached to the Littmann Classic II SE training stethoscope fitted with EKO Core attachment.

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Would be happy to read your comments!

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Study finds digital stethoscope AI outperforms GPs at detecting heart valve disease

- By InnoNurse Staff -

Artificial intelligence could help doctors detect life-threatening heart valve disease years earlier, according to a University of Cambridge–led study.

Researchers analyzed heart sound recordings from nearly 1,800 patients using an AI algorithm trained directly on echocardiogram results, enabling it to identify subtle acoustic patterns beyond traditional murmurs.

The system detected 98% of severe aortic stenosis cases and 94% of severe mitral regurgitation cases, outperforming GPs in head-to-head tests.

Because echocardiography is costly and slow to access, the digital stethoscope–based tool could serve as a fast, low-cost screening method in primary care, helping rule out healthy patients, prioritize referrals, and catch this often silent but deadly condition before irreversible damage occurs.

The findings were published in npj Cardiovascular Health.

Read more at University of Cambridge

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s44325-026-00103-y “All patients underwent auscultation with a CE-marked electronic stethoscope (either the 3M Littmann Model 3200 or Eko DUO), …”

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Additional tools

Your ‘cardio doctor’ is somewhat curious to become proficient in other disciplines as well 🫢.

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Some stething with the Cardiology IV

Sound recording volume is fairly low, so probably you’ll need to increase the playback volume a bit…..

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Darf ich ihr herz hören ❤️🙏🇩🇪🫀🩺

Everyone deserves the appropriate answer. In order to give that, please feel free to send me a DM to reveal a little more about yourself - since I can't deduce so much from your profile. In the mean time, I hope you can find satisfaction from listening to the recordings posted on my blog!

Jeder verdient eine passende Antwort. Um diese geben zu können, schick mir bitte eine Direktnachricht, in der du mir etwas mehr über dich erzählst – da ich aus deinem Profil nicht so viel herauslesen kann. In der Zwischenzeit hoffe ich, dass dir die Aufnahmen auf meinem Blog gefallen!

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Wishing you all a Happy, Peaceful, Heart-healthy and Stethable New Year 🩺

May all your cardiophile wishes and New Year’s Resolutions come true !

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Ich möchte abgehört werden meingerz wird schnell schlagen 👂🙏🫀🩺❤️

Abhören und abgehört werden ist einer meiner Neujahrsvorsätze! Da es sich um ein sehr persönliches Thema handelt, braucht es natürlich die richtige Person/das richtige Geschlecht und eine solide Vertrauensbasis, nachdem eine Verbindung aufgebaut wurde. In solchen Fällen wäre es mir eine Ehre, die Rolle von Arzt und Patient zu übernehmen!

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Darf ich ihr herz ab hören 👂🙏🫀🩺

Listening and being listened to is a New Year's resolution of mine! Because it's an intimate topic, it naturally requires the right person/gender, and a solid foundation of trust after a connection has been established. In such cases, I would be honored to play the role of doctor and patient!

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Ready for your comprehensive cardiovascular exam?

Plenty of options to assess my “patient’s” heart 😊

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More good stuff from that Osmosis site from Elsevier

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Pretty complete and instructive 🤓

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Took my Classic III today for a picture and a listen 😊

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Do you live in austria?

I have visited Austria for vacations several times, to my great pleasure I can say, but I live in The Netherlands.

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Another ‘patient POV’ picture

This time with the chilly chestpiece of the Sprague-Rappaport stethoscope approaching 😆

“Is it cold or are you just happy being listened to?” 🫢

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Heartbeat ASMR with an electronic stethoscope

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I bought that same HM-9260 electronic stethoscope model (in black) but, to my frustration, didn’t manage yet to use its Bluetooth sound input in other applications than the rather user-unfriendly phone/tablet app from the e-steth manufacturer. Which thus gives the same restrictions with respect to audio/video recording and sharing as the EKO Core attachment….. Any support on how to connect the Bluetooth sound output of this steth to audio/video recording applications on iPhone/iPad (or PC) is more than welcome!

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POV

‘Patient’ point of view when this ‘doctor’ would approach with his Littmann Cardiology IV to have a thorough listen 😊