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I would also favor an electronic stethoscope. It doesn't need to have fancy bluetooth capabilities and what not. All you would need is for it to provide some basic signal filtering (to simulate the bell and diaphragm). The sound amplification can be so high that your ears hurt! Which is great for fade body sounds obviously

Hi! Evidently low sound output is pretty common among traditional stethoscopes. And I'm afraid I do not know of any other way than to switch to an electronic one. It definitely amplifies the sounds A LOT, and can have more or less similar sound quality as the traditional ones by using digital filters, so I wouldn't worry at all about sound quality! They can mimic the diaphragm and bell output sound pretty well! I'm not sure if you ever considered using hearing-aid stethoscopes? They can interface with hearing aids but.. obviously if you go down that path, price can become quite an issue