Expensive Stethoscopes

[PaddyofNine]

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Hey,

At our Christmas party, we had a charity auction, and I remember that one of the prizes was a stethoscope. It was an expensive model, worth about ?300. Now, I have friends and family in the medical profession, and they have stethoscopes lying around the house all the time. So I was wondering, what's so special about these specific devices that justifies this huge price? Do they diagnose illnesses as well as detect symptoms? Or provide a course of treatment, etc? 😀

Anyway, just something that was bugging me.

Thanks

Paddy

 

[HokieDO]

Acoustics!

I had a decent stethoscope but over Christmas I got gifted an expensive one.

The sound is superb on my new one--a noticeable improvement over my older one. The sound is louder, more distinct and the ear tips are of higher quality, filtering out environmental noise better.

Now, I'm just an MS1 and I can tell the difference...I'm sure as I get better, I'll appreciate the higher quality even more.

-- Bhaba
VCOM 2007