A comparison of an acoustic stethoscope and an amplified stethoscope in white noise and cafeteria noise during cardiac auscultation
A basic relationship between stethoscopic auscultation and background noise interference was reviewed and examined in this study. The principle experimental design of the study questioned whether hospital background noise levels are capable of masking the threshold of detection for auscultated heart...
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PDXScholar
1990
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3974 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4980&context=open_access_etds |