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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.
Pediatricians use stethoscopes to listen to the heart, lungs and bowel sounds of patients. When used with a blood pressure cuff, a stethoscope can also be used to take a patient's blood pressure. Other diagnostic equipment used by pediatricians includes scales, reflex hammers and thermometers.