Stethoscope

I have had many questions about my stethoscope, where it came from, how it works, and others.  My attempt to answer all these questions is below.  My current stethoscope is a Cardionics E-Scope II for the Hearing Impaired that works through a couple of other parts to transmit the sound to my hearing aid.  How it works:

Below is a picture of the Cardionics E-Scope II for the Hearing Impaired (Note: they also have a regular E-Scope II with the earpieces for normal hearing individuals).  This stethoscope is an electronic, amplified stethoscope, and it plugs into my Lexis FM transmitter.

The sound from the stethoscope head travels through the stethoscope and through the cord to the FM transmitter.  Then, the FM transmitter sends the FM signal to the FM receiver, which is attached to a boot that is plugged into my bone conduction hearing aid.  The FM receiver transmits the sound to my hearing aid and I hear the sound just like anyone else listening through a regular stethoscope would hear it.

The wonderful thing about this system is that I only have two things to turn on, the stethoscope and the FM receiver.  There are no cords running between my stethoscope and my hearing aid for feisty children to grab.  Both the FM system and the stethoscope use regular AAA batteries (no special, hard-to-find batteries).  The only thing I haven't tested out is whether or not I will get interference of the FM signal in a variety of hospital settings...stay tuned.  I'll update you on this as I figure it out.

Version 2 Stethoscope:  My now spare stethoscope that was modified by my boyfriend.  It worked well until my TMX neckloop and receiver started giving me problems as it got older and worn out.  You can see it here.

Version 1 Stethoscope:  My oldest stethoscope used to be posted on this page as well.  I was not very happy with it for various reasons, but if you want to see it and how it works, click here.

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