I actually have a pair of shokz - they’re awesome! I don’t think they’d work for this specifically though - they struggle with low ranges, and one of the Bluetooth stethoscope websites specifies that bone conduction isn’t a good match.
…worth a shot though - if it does work, it’d be a super convenient solution!
I’ll need to dig into this a bit. If I’m going to use my phone as a bridge between the stethoscope and hearing aids, I’ll need something that can boost the pitch in real time. I don’t want any patient data saved onto my phone. Some of the Bluetooth stethoscopes have a corresponding app that can save sound clips, but that strikes me as risky from a HIPAA standpoint.
Anywho, DJ software didn’t even cross my mind, so thanks! Awesome idea!
pitch-shift them with some simple software to make the 20hz sound like 50hz or whatever
Ooh. OOH! Okay so I’m kind of an idiot when it comes to tech, but that sounds like a high-potential option. How would I go about doing that?
Real (actually brewed) root beer. Not to be confused with root beer flavored syrup mixed with carbonated water, which is 99% of what’s available.
It’s hit and miss depending on the source, but when it’s a hit… chef’s kiss
Here’s the one I’m looking at - Stemoscope Pro (lol can you tell the pandemic was in full swing when this vid hit?!)
There’s a microphone, but not in the sense that you’re probably thinking - it can’t pick up conversations and such the way a phone or something could. For it to work it has to be pressed up against tissue for that sound to conduct through to it. It’ll still pick up some ambient noise, but nothing intelligible.
Basically the same with a normal stethoscope - the bell is always transmitting sound to the ear pieces, but you can’t like put the ear piece in and use it to spy on someone the next room over - gotta shove it onto their skin for anything with any degree of clarity to come through.
So, it’s not capable of storing your colonoscopy results. Paired with a phone, it could save a recording of your bowel sounds if it was used to listen for those, but even that isn’t something that could be used to identify you. Everyone’s bowels makes pretty much the same gurgle - your nurse is just checking to make sure they’re present and whether the frequency of them is normal.
All that said, I don’t like that there’s a phone app. The sounds themselves being saved is fine; but if some dumbass nurse saves that file as “John Smith.mp3” then that’s 100% a HIPAA violation. That kind of app should only ever be used on hospital-owned devices, never personal ones. Needless to say, I don’t intend to ever install the app - fuck that liability, even if it comes down to a baseless accusation. I’ll just pair it directly to a speaker, play the sounds in real time, and that’s it. If I need to listen to them again, I’ll need to take them again.
^that.
I can hear low ranges pretty well, to include heart and lung sounds from a normal stethoscope.
Using speakers or headphones that can play that 20-100 hz range would effectively bypass the hearing aids - they wouldn’t record or payback those sounds at all, it’d just be a straight shot from the Bluetooth speaker to my ears.
I actually have a pair of shokz - they’re awesome! I don’t think they’d work for this specifically though - they struggle with low ranges, and one of the Bluetooth stethoscope websites specifies that bone conduction isn’t a good match.
…might be worth a shot though - sounds quality doesn’t need to be amazing, it just needs to be audible.
Thanks!!
Looking at those graphs, I’m assuming amplitude in that 20-100 hz range is ideally as close to that center line as possible? Seems like most options are very low on that range, but not completely absent - how low would you say is too low for a project like this?
Like that Denon in your second link, 20 hz is showing at about -17 on the amplitude axis, is that audible?
Skullcandy crushers
Definitely not going to rule out headphones, as those might be the best option; but my main hangup there is bulk, and needing to actually handle it with each use. Part of why I was leaning toward those hang-around-the-neck bluetooth speakers is the thin profile and that I can just leave them on and paired with the stethoscope - then the only thing I’d have to handle is the stethoscope itself. Minimizing actually touching it is definitely a priority… can’t stress enough how nasty hospitals are!
If it’s an organization-wide email group address that you’ve been added to, instead of reply-all, you can be extra chaotic by adding that group address as a BCC.
Then just say something stupid like “could you please remove me from this group” so it doesn’t look like you know what you’re doing.
It’ll spam the entire group, AND break any filters people have set up to delete/move/mark traffic hitting their inbox from that conversation.
Placentas always look like a fake rubber model of a placenta. I’ve done hundreds of c sections, and there’s always something uncanny about seeing those things just hanging out in their bucket on my backtable.
but I’m pretty sure they are not OP is asking for…
“at the reader’s discretion” :D
I figure the odds of any one comment here aligning with my personal taste are pretty low; but the goal was to stick my head out of that bubble for a bit, and y’all have delivered! It’s been fun checking out everyone’s recommendations, even if they aren’t being added to my own playlists.
👊
Roaches never just die when we need them to. There’s the possibility that the next guy won’t miss though.
5-10 consecutive record breaking hot summers, each of which accompanied by headlines exclaiming that scientists knew it would be bad, but not this bad!
…also some orchestrated drama to act as an excuse to initiate martial law, also acting as the justification to initiate Trump’s 3rd and 4th terms.
Let’s try it. Ahem: pmurT dlanoD esopeD
Unless you mean the animal
Pretty sure they mean the animal - we painted one orange and gave it to Putin as a gag gift, but then he sent it back with a bunch of strings attached. It developed a cult following who proceeded to elect the thing as president. It barks out gibberish pretty regularly, and every time it does, we lose more rights.
Pretty standard model of governance, right?
…right?
department of mnlftsiunbf gvcvh fgfrdvbbgi
I mean we already have a department literally named for a dog meme. Naming the next one by facerolling on the keyboard wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.
The heck are you lot doing?!
We tried to fix it by voting in a bunch of Nazis, but then that didn’t work, so we voted in some more Nazis and that didn’t work either, and now we’re not sure what else to try.
…fuck, my coffee habit by itself is probably responsible for a solid 0.01 *C global temperature increase.
Sorry all… I didn’t know.
I’m imagining the overhead page system going off with “ATTENTION I’M THE HOSPITAL! CODE SAXOPHONE! ROOM 338! ALL TEAMS RESPOND!”
You might be on to something though - alarm fatigue is a huge issue in healthcare, so coding familiar sounds like instruments as meaning specific things could actually be great. You hear a saxophone tone and know immediately that something cardiac is happening; guitar, respiratory, etc.
Right now everything is just a beep, and after hearing that non-stop for years, you kinda just stop noticing it, which is super bad.