Abstract: The present invention relates to otoscopes and more specifically to musical or sound emitting otoscopes that may serve to calm pediatric patient or patients with emotional or developmental disabilities. The musical otoscope incorporates a head capable of receiving a speculum, a speaker mounted within the head and a sound reproduction apparatus for driving the speaker. The head of the otoscope may include a housing having a front side, a rear side and an interior space, the rear side having a magnifying lens, the front side receives a base of the and a speaker mounted within the housing, where the speaker is linked to a sound reproduction apparatus for driving the speaker is presented. The sound reproduction device may be an MP3 player or any other device that includes a power source, a micro controller/processor, a digital signal processor and a digital to analog converter. The use of a sound emitting otoscope has been found to ease patient diagnosis and care.