Thinklabs Electronic Stethoscope - Stethoscope Sound Recording on iPod mp3 Recorders

Stethoscope Sound Recording on iPod mp3 Recorders

Recording Heart Sounds and Lung Sounds

Thinklabs Stethoscopes provide for the recording and playback of sounds, using the Audio I/O jack. Using your stethoscope and an extermal recorder or playback device, you can:

- Record while listening to a patient.
- Record voice annotations (dictations) by simply speaking into the stethoscope.
- Playback recordings, using the stethoscope headphones for high-quality audio.

See safety precautions for Recording. Never record from patients using a recording device that is connected to main power, or to any other equipment. Use only battery-powered floating devices. For playback with no patient contact, any equipment may be used.

Quick Instructions

Recording and playback can be done very easily with Thinklabs stethoscopes. Simply connect the stethoscope to the Line Input of the recording device, listen to the patient, and record. To listen to the recording, turn off the stethoscope, plug the stethoscope into the Headphone Output of the playback device, and listen.

Compatible Devices and Listening to recordings

The following devices may be used for Recording:

- Apple iPod Video with recording attachments. (Other iPods do not provide recording capability)
- Mp3 players with built-in recording feature.
- Portable digital recorders.
- Notebook computer, operating on battery power.

LIstening to recordings is best done using the stethoscope in headphone/playback mode. The reason is that body sounds, especially heart sounds, contain significant low frequency content. Thinklabs stethoscopes are designed to reproduce thse low frequencies accurately. Most heapdhones cannot reproduce body sounds adequately.

Step-by-Step Instructions

To record, perform the following simple steps:

1. Connect your stethoscope to the recording device using the Thinklabs AC4 connection cable.
2. Turn on your ds32 or ds32a Stethoscope.
2. Adjust volume and settings. High volume is recommended for recording.
3. Place the stethoscope at the desired site on the patient.
4. Activate recording on the recording device.

To listen to recordings, peform the following steps:

1. Turn off your stethoscope, or set the stethoscope volume to 0.
2. Conect the stethoscope to the Headphone Output of the recording or playback device.
3. Play back the recordings.