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A Simple Acoustic Sensor Test Platform for Respiratory and Cardiac Acoustical Monitoring



D. John Doyle1, *
1 Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


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© 2019 D. John Doyle.

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;
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Abstract

The properties of various acoustic interfaces (stethoscopes) for respiratory monitoring and phonocardiography are compared using a special-purpose custom-built electronic vibration platform that can be driven by an electronic test signal. Sample sensitivity data for various stethoscope designs are presented in this study.

Keywords: Bio-acoustics, Breath sounds, Phonocardiogram, Stethoscope sensitivity, Respiratory monitoring, Phonocardiography.