Medical News Today October 15, 2022
By Clarissa Brincat — Fact checked by Anna Guildford, Ph.D.

  • Researchers assessed the feasibility of using a smartphone’s inbuilt microphone to record heart sounds by investigating the quality of smartphone-recorded heart sounds and the factors influencing the quality of the recordings.
  • Overall, three out of four recordings were of good quality, meaning that they could be processed further to obtain medically relevant data.
  • The results indicate that heart sound quality is not influenced by phone version or by the user’s biological sex, but users aged over 60 seemed to have lower-quality recordings.
  • This study paves the way for a future where individuals, particularly those with heart problems, can easily record their own heart sounds at home, thus improving the diagnostic process.

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