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Moment Of Um

How do stethoscopes work?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been to the doctor and had them listen to your body with a stethoscope? It’s that funny looking thing that looks like a long rubbery tube with a round metal circle on one end and two ear pieces on the other. Doctors always seem to have one handy, but what is it and how does it work? We asked pediatrician Emma Gerstenzang to help us find the answer.


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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Mark Sanchez, Brains-On, resident taco lover, and weird gadget inventor.

0:08.6

Almost every Brains-on episode starts with you. You send us a question and we build a show

0:14.4

around your curiosity. But there's another way you're at the heart of the Brains-on universe.

0:20.2

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0:21.5

and you are the public. That means we rely on your donations to keep us going strong. Every

0:28.2

donation makes a difference. Contribute any amount today at brainson.org slash donate. from the brisk

0:41.1

from the brains behind brains on

0:44.2

this is the moment of um

0:46.2

mhm Moment of Um, comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Mixmaster Mazy.

1:04.7

Um.

1:06.6

I'm a part-time DJ and a full-time beat fanatic.

1:12.6

I also run a very successful tax preparation service for small businesses, but that's just my day job.

1:19.6

When I'm not doing that, I'm looking for fresh new beats.

1:26.6

Like the other day, I heard someone slurping up soup with a silver spoon.

1:30.3

I thought to myself, Mazy, that's a groovy, that's a groovy!

1:36.3

So, I recorded it and turned it into this.

1:39.3

Oh yeah, Mixmaster Maisie strikes again.

1:50.4

One of my tax clients also happens to be my doctor.

1:53.4

And the other day, I was getting a checkup, and she said she needed to listen to my heartbeat.

1:58.3

She also asked if she could still apply for an electric vehicle tax break if she bought used. But mostly, we talked about my sweet, sweet heartbeat.

2:06.9

I thought to myself, Maisie, that's a beat you need to hear. But Doc said I would need a stethoscope.

2:14.1

What is a stethoscope anyway? And how does it work?

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