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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.
Listening to the heart through a stethoscope (auscultation) is the most common screening tool used to assess the function of the heart. Listening to Listening to the heart through a stethoscope (auscultation) is the most common screening tool used to assess the function of the heart. Listening to the noises of the heart can help physicians determine whether the heart is beating normally, whether blood is flowing correctly through the valves, or if the valves themselves are damaged.