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Student and educator resources

L is for learning

You’ve come to the right place. Whether you’re a student learning to listen for heart murmurs or an educator seeking additional resources, we’re here to support you and help you achieve your goals. We admire those who want to change patients’ lives for the better and we want to give you the tools you need to do so.

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Why students and educators love Littmann Stethoscopes:

Auditory repetition

Listening accurately for abnormal heart and lung sounds requires practice and repetition.

Audio/visual integration

Research shows that viewing heart and lung sounds while listening -- like you can with the 3M™ Littmann® CORE Digital Stethoscope and our learning app — makes it easier for students to understand what they are hearing.


Self-testing

The ability to assess one's accuracy is key to recognizing when more training is needed. 

Refresher learning

Regularly-scheduled refresher learning for heart and lung sounds keeps your identification skills accurate over time.

Littmann Learning App for students

This powerful app is designed to help users learn and assess the skills related to auscultation with self-testing, graduated learning modules*, and a completion certificate accessible directly on your smartphone.

Learn everything from the basics to recognizing benign and pathological heart and lung sounds with visual phonocardiogram and frequency graphs, video and audio, and pre- and post- reading quizzes.**

Download and set up the app.
The Littmann Learning App is available on the App Store® and on Google Play Store®. Add the Littmann Learning subscription for full access to all Littmann Learning content during your subscription period.  

Footnotes:
*Free version users can access any of the first ~1/3 of modules and limited content beyond that.
**Pre-reading assessment available to free version users, post-reading assessments require a subscription.

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Putting your headset on correctly

Your stethoscope’s ear tips should point forward as you insert them into your ears. The headset is angled to complement the anatomy of the typical ear canal and is designed to provide a comfortable, acoustically-sealed fit.

A. Proper Insertion
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B. Correct Positioning
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C. Incorrect Positioning
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Why we’re different

Compared to other leading stethoscopes, Littmann stethoscopes excel at allowing you to hear sounds at lower frequencies.*

*Based on tests of the Littmann® Cardiology IV™ Stethoscope and Littmann® Classic III™ Stethoscope against globally-available comparable stethoscopes in an equivalent class using recorded heart sounds with diaphragm.

Auscultatory Sounds

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We listen closely to your needs and find ways to manufacture high-quality stethoscopes with advanced materials. Our Littmann® Stethoscopes stand out from the rest because we pay attention to the details.

To find out how we compare to other leading stethoscopes and to learn more about our product features, please refer to our brochure. To learn more, download our brochure. 

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Can you hear the difference?

Active noise cancellation means that Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscopes give you the power to hear even in loud environments.

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Join our Stethoscopes for Education Program

Earn Littmann Stethoscopes for your school or student organization. Our School Sales Program rewards every 10 Littmann stethoscopes purchased with a credit toward the donation of Littmann stethoscopes to the school or student organization.

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Explore warranty and repair options

Littmann stethoscope warranty information. The day you bought your Littmann stethoscope establishes its warranty start date. This date can be verified on your original purchase receipt. If you do not have your receipt, we will use the date it was manufactured as the warranty start date.
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