In summary, a stethoscope can pick up a range of audio frequencies, a sensitive microphone can detect a much wider range, and of much lower power, a spectrum analyzer will show you the frequencies in signals your microphone picks up, EEG and EKG machines pick up different frequencies, and a measured change would indicate a problem. More @Wikipedia
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