Ludwig van Beethoven may have gone deaf from lead poisoning caused by a penchant for fish and wine, Harvard scientists suggest. The composer was beset by health issues throughout his life ...

Yet, despite also suffering from tinnitus, he continued to write music – including the Ninth Symphony, in 1824. He was believed to have composed his final masterpiece while completely deaf.

World Hearing Day raises awareness about hearing loss worldwide and combat common myths about this common problem.

Some people think that the opening motif represents fate knocking on the door, Beethoven's fate sadly being deafness. Listen out for: The opening motif, it is repeated many times throughout the ...

Beethoven was going deaf, struggling with his identity as a musician, and very much wanted to sort of find a path forward, a meaning, a reason to live. - I think one of the things that makes ...

Erster Satz.” Beethoven, absolutely deaf, once said: “He who can enter into the spirit of my music will be beyond the reach of the world’s misery.” His “Ninth” sublimates his own ...