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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.
It's one of the most widely recognised symbols of medicine worn around the necks of most doctors, but what do they listen for through the stethoscope? The stethoscope is an instrument used by doctors and other health professionals to listen to body sounds. It is mainly designed to listen to the lungs and heart, although it is also used to listen to the bowels and blood flow in other parts of the body.