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Listen To Heart Sounds: Normal and Abnormal Heart Sound Audio

Written By: Adam Pick, Patient Advocate, Author & Website Founder
Page Last Updated: June 11, 2025

There are many ways to diagnose diseased or defected heart valves. One of the simplest methods to diagnose problematic heart valves is to listen to the patient's heart beat through a stethoscope.

During my diagnosis, my cardiologist listened to my heart murmur sound and said, "Yep. That is definitely the sound of a heart murmur!" As it turned out, I had a bicuspid aortic valve that suffered from stenosis and regurgitation.

I was always curious to know what my heart sounded like. I knew there was a muffle sound to it which indicated the murmur. However, I never heard exactly how a heart beat sound differed between a normal heart sound and an abnormal heart sound.

Well... I recently searched Google and YouTube, looking for heart sound audio. I was amazed what I found by simply typing "listen to heart sound" in the search engine.

Heart valve patient listening to his own heart using stethoscope

Adam Listening to His Heart

I even pulled out my own stethoscope to see how my heart sounded now versus the other abnormal sounds on the web. My heart sounded pretty darn good after my double (aortic and pulmonary) valve replacement!

That said, here are some heart sounds and an educational explanation if you would like to hear the murmurs for yourself:

I hope that helped you learn more about normal and abnormal heart sounds.

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.

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