Fetal electronic monitoring vs. auscultation of fetal heart with fetoscope

“Auscultation necessitates an embodied human/technology relation in that the fetoscope directly extends the sense of hearing. . . electronic fetal monitoring entails a largely hermeneutic human/technology relation in that clinicians do not directly sense the fetus but, rather, interpret its condition from visual traces that represent the fetus. . . . machine monitoring does not require bodily contract for appraisal [of] the fetus” (Sandelowski, 170-71).