Iirc there are some hearing impaired ppl in here. Suggestions for Bluetooth stethoscope things? If/when I get the tympanoplasty I cant wear my stethoscope for a few weeks since my ear will be packed with stuff.
@cdo96
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I have 2 stethoscopes I use (I have more than than but this is all that matters). So for reference I’m in CC and also completely deaf in my right ear
Littman and EKO have some great stethoscopes. I have both of theirs, the CORE and the CORE 500 - I got the CORE in 2021 when I finished vet school and the CORE500 in October when I finished residency.
Both stethoscopes are noise amplifying up to 40x, decrease background sounds, will let you link up to your Bluetooth headphones to play the sounds. They even will link to my Bluetooth hearing aids and play that way (I don’t use them like that because I need it to be a little less environment noise and more heart noise).
I’ll test them when I get off the couch and see if they sound good with my over the ear headphones but it’s definitely possible. I used to actually disconnect the adapter, put it in a glove, and then use AirPods when I want to listen to my iso puppies so I wasn’t contaminating my stethoscope.
The inconvenient aspect is that you will have to pair the stethoscope to your phone and then your phone to your headphones, so it’s a few more steps but it should work.
As for the stethoscopes themselves, I really like both of mine. After 5 years of abuse, my OG core is falling apart but I also never put it in the case to leave/ would just throw it in my bag, but it still works really well. The Core 500 is really cool because instead of the sound getting transmitted up the tube like a normal stethoscope, the ear piece itself actually just has a speaker in it that picks up the sound from the bell.
I don’t use the ECG feature of it. I will say it gets a little busy in teeny tiny animals because I feel the bell is quite large for them but I don’t have any trouble using it. They both block out sounds well, the CORE500 is much better at it and very easily toggles between heart/lung/wide sounds, whereas the core needs the app to do that.
