How do you like to hold a stethoscope?

Hi, everybody. It is very interesting to find out how you prefer to hold the stethoscope when listening, or your partner when he listens to you? Someone likes to hold the head of the stethoscope with their thumb and index finger, someone presses it with one finger, and someone else likes to hold not the head, but the rubber tube next to it. Personally, I always hold on to the bell of the stethoscope with two fingers. And you? Thanks.

I'm not sure I do it the same way all the time, With my Littmann Cardio III, I think I normally do either thumb and index finger or between index and middle finger.

Holding the chestpiece between the index and middle finger can allow you to hold your hand against the patient to feel the heart beating, for example. For me this works well when using the diaphragm, but not when using the smaller bell.

In my hands, sometimes in my teeth.

Sorry, just kidding. Not to much of a factor for me since i use an amplified stethoscope in practice. i used to have a Littmann Cardio III but found in the noisy environs of a hospital, when many patients have a habitus that impedes hearing (weight or barrel chest from COPD), the amplified is fantastic. i have one of these:

https://www.allheart.com/3m-littmann-3200-electronic-ambient-noise-reduction-27-inch-stethoscope/p/litt3200/?s=one%2520size&c=BLK&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1v7TmfWs6QIV5R6tBh02LwMQEAYYAyABEgJ50PD_BwE