Microphone for korotkoff sound detection

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Can anyone suggest a suitable microphone to be used with sphygmomanometer to detect the korotkoff sound?
 

Are you asking for a particular product you can buy or the type of microphone technology that works best?

As the Korotkoff is within the audio range, I would think almost any type of microphone would work, excluding exterior sounds is probably it's most critical parameter.

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Yes, any microphone that can be bought commercially.
 

Many "dynamic microphones" (cone, coil and magnet like a small speaker) cut low frequencies and might not be good for the low frequencies you want. Use an electret microphone.
To hear the heartbeats on the chest I mounted an electret mic on the plastic lid from a small jar of peanut butter. The lid blocks background noises.
 
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