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Ludwig van Beethoven began to lose his hearing at age 28 and was deaf by age 44. While the cause of his hearing loss remains ...

Ludwig van Beethoven may have gone deaf from lead poisoning caused by a penchant for fish and wine, Harvard scientists ...

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Beethoven wrote the Pathétique just as he was starting to lose his hearing. Beethoven struggled to come to terms with his hearing loss. His disability brought about depression, but this ...

They were, however, unable to establish a definitive cause of his hearing loss. Lead author, Tristan Begg, said genetic risk factors, coupled with Beethoven's high alcohol consumption, may have ...

Ludwig van Beethoven debuted his Ninth Symphony ... and understand what it must be like to be a musician who has lost their hearing," Laura says. Nicholas Collon, conductor of the Aurora Orchestra ...

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for ...