Physical Therapist Assistant PTA: Body Sounds

Lung sound recordings from the Hawaii COPD Coalition.

This guide includes a wide range of normal and abnormal lung sounds.

Collection of audio files demonstrating heart sounds and murmurs, from the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington.

A bank of common sounds and murmurs, from the Medical School at the University of Michigan.

This reference guide includes over a hundred cardiac sounds audio, both real and simulated.

The interactive tutorial reproduces the bedside examination of actual patients by presenting video images with heart sounds recorded through a stethoscope. A medical trainee can observe the patient's precordium, neck veins and carotid pulses for timing of events, while moving a virtual stethoscope to multiple listening areas.