Amplified Stethoscope

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I just found out I have 50% hearing lose in one ear. I have trouble hearing low pitch frequency. I am a pediatric/mother baby RN. I am looking for suggestions for a good amplified stethoscope thst is cost effective. I know I am looking at pretty expensive equipment even at the cheapest. I also am looking for something I wont have to take my hearing aid out when in use. I have yet to get a hearing aid. Still trying to figure I want one that fits in canal, or behind the ear. I am new to this. Hoping to hear, (ha ha) from other hearing impaired nurses and thier experience.

Thank you

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My wife is a BSN-RN ICU Nurse and is deaf in her right ear, and profound hearing loss in the other. She is a travel nurse working at the top rated hospitals. She also a lip reader and gets through her job extremity well. She made her environment work for her, she doesn't work days or in med surg busy floor with lots of commotion. She uses a cardio electronic stethoscope, it magnifies 32x and cost $350 on eBay and it is the best must have equipment if it wasn't for this she would not be a nurse. Please don't bother with the Littman it falls short of what you're going to need trust me I done the comparison at a student nursing seminar years ago and had a Littman representative tell me we bought the best for my wife. My wife using her's now for the last 4 years, I agree. In addition, my wife back in RN school doing her rotations when a baby was born my wife caught a heart murmur that the doctor missed to the newborn. He bought one. Since then Two physicians and a nurse has also purchased the same stethoscope with the physician returning his electronic Littman. Today my wife is back in school attaining her MSN to be a Family Nurse Practitioner and is 5 month away from graduation. We are together learning American Sign Language and totally immersed in it for the reality is my wife is not a candidate for cochlear implant at this time. And she was told after that there's a chance she will be deaf in 10 to 15 years. We are with joy facing these challenges and more importantly preparing for them. I will post a link to ebay.

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You can get it from reddingmedical for $299 and newegg for $309, if apprehensive about EBay. I have the litmmann, mostly for aesthetic looks. If you wear hearing aids, might as well go for the best, especially since their only about $20 difference between brands.

There's special eartips called stethomate that will allow you to wear your aids while using the stethoscope.

A review of some comparisons between stethoscope brands.

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