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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.
A stethoscope is a diagnostic instrument used by medical professionals to listen to a patient's chest cavity, heart and various pulse points. Doctors use these tools as part of a non-invasive examination procedure, commonly listening for sounds of congestion in the lungs and irregular heartbeats.