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Listening to Your Heart. Your doctor will use a stethoscope to hear your heartbeat. The opening and closing of your heart's valves make a lub dub noise. The doctor can check your heart and valve health and hear your heart's rate and rhythm by listening to those sounds.
They need to hear the heart beat to make sure you are healthy. If you have an irregular heart beat that means something is wrong. They also use a stethoscope to listen to your breathing (like if you have labored breathing or wheezing) and to listen to your stomach and organs move and pump.