Stemoscope

I was really excited to see that stemoscope has now provided the ability to livestream audio over the Internet to another user. I was about to try that today but immediately encountered an error when the other party attempted to make a contact with me through the app. It no longer connects and says i have an Internet connection problem. Restarting my iPhone 12 Pro Max doesn't solve the issue, and even uninstalling and reinstalling the app doesn't fix it. It's awfully disappointing to have new features added to an app that are immediately broken in release. I'm okay with the app overall, but broken new features reduce my star rating from a 4 to a 3

Took 3 months to come from China I had almost given up. Totally useless if you want to hear heart sounds amplified via the iPhone speakers. Have to use earphones or headphones. Even with that the clarity and volume that one can hear from a cheap $5 disposable stethoscope is much better. Only positive I can think of is because of Bluetooth one can be away from the patient and still hear something. Maybe helpful in covid situations. Lung/ airway sounds are more audible - would be interesting to know if it’s easier to discern pathological sounds. Expensive toy with limited utility In the meantime time try taping it to a tree or a piece of stone and hear some molecular motion!— Just kidding ! This is a basically a cheap Bluetooth microphone with bad Chinese electronics encased in a small disc. You can hear spontaneous crackles and a reverberations when the iPhone is close to the instrument. Needs better MOFSETS and a better designed circuitry to be of any practical use.

When I first used the app I bounced off like you did/will. It’s confusing and finicky. Hopefully I can help if you don’t want to fiddle with it. I’ll mostly focus on the listen function: -on heartbeat, the first listen option, is 20-200, this is the bell side of a traditional stethoscope. Just switch to the second one to get the diaphragm side. The UI makes sense once you know that. - use the STEM option and put the 100-500 settings in, amplify it to 16x and pitch shift up to 1.5/2. That’s the best sound I’ve gotten, but I’m sure it could be dialed in. — in the STEM menu, do the pitch shift and amplify first because the screen moves very easily and the slider hit boxes just aren’t right. Then type the numbers in you want. -when you record a sound, make sure you take a picture first because I can’t seem to find a way to add one after you save it. - the sound you recorded immediately disappears to the history menu. Good luck! Hopefully some App love will make this 5 star worthy!