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Listening to Your Heart. Your doctor will use a stethoscope to hear your heartbeat. The opening and closing of your heart's valves make a lub dub noise. The doctor can check your heart and valve health and hear your heart's rate and rhythm by listening to those sounds.
Question: How early can a doctor hear the babyâs heartbeat? Answer: Before the age of radar and sonar as applied medically, it was the olâ stethoscope that was used most often to listen to the baby.