Doctors have been listening to the sounds our bodies make for years. Before the invention of stethoscopes, they simply put their ears to their patients' chests or abdomens. The technical term for this ...

I was taught that good contact between the chest and stethoscope is essential for accurate auscultation—even to the point of wetting the chest in some particularly hirsute men. These days, I see ...

Based on: A Tabular Handbook of Auscultation and Percussion for Students and Physicians. By Herbert C. Clapp, A. M., M. D., Instructor in Auscultation and Percussion ...

In school children, cardiac auscultation by machine (Phonocardioscan) has shown promise as a screening procedure. To determine its effectiveness as a screening procedure in adults, results obtained by ...

The company opens direct sales of FDA-Certified VoqX, empowering clinicians with AI-powered diagnostics. VoqX is the world's first smart stethoscope capable of full-spectrum auscultation, including ...