ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026
From Fixed-Frequency to Tunable: Advances in Acoustic Sensors for Physiological Acoustic Monitoring.
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Continuous, non-invasive cardiopulmonary monitoring is receiving increasing attention as population aging and chronic diseases rise. Acoustic sensing provides diagnostically relevant information with relatively simple hardware. Yet, physiological body sounds span heterogeneous and partially overlapping spectra and are highly susceptible to environmental noise and motion artifacts, which limit conventional stethoscopes and fixed-frequency sensors. Frequency-Tunable Acoustic Sensors (FTAS) offer a promising route toward frequency-selective amplification and adaptive interference suppression by matching their resonance to target signals, thereby potentially supporting multi-site monitoring and personalized diagnostics on a single platform. This review starts with an overview of physiological sound generation and the evolution of auscultation, then surveys mainstream medical acoustic transducers (piezoelectric, capacitive microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), piezoresistive and triboelectric) and their limitations in frequency selectivity. Resonance-tuning strategies are classified into three paradigms: electrical tuning, material-based tuning, and geometric reconfiguration, and their tuning ranges, response characteristics, and representative implementations are comparatively discussed. Finally, this review discusses the potential translational value of FTAS in physiological acoustic signal monitoring, particularly in cardiovascular and respiratory assessment, and emphasizes the remaining challenges, including the trade-off between sensitivity and selectivity, as well as long-term biocompatibility. At the same time, this review highlights their development prospects in customizable acoustic sensing platforms.
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