What caused Beethoven's deafness? #Shorts #minidocumentary

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What caused Beethoven's deafness?
While everyone knows Beethoven became deaf at the end of his life, no one knows why.
Beethoven suffered typhus, jaundice, infections, chronic hepatitis, rheumatism, ophthalmia, deafness, cirrhosis of the liver, and colitis and a skin disorder.
Some felt that he went deaf because of contracting smallpox and typhus disease when he was young. Beethoven himself mentioned in a letter that falling over as a child triggered a slow permanent damage to his hearing. When his hearing started to deteriorate, Beethoven communicated in writing with friends through ‘conversation books’.
The hearing loss came in waves, and he could have had Ménière's disease. At 26, Beethoven developed ringing and buzzing in the ears and had his first episode of hearing deficit. By the time he was 46, he was totally deaf. He continued to compose music and he was using a spoon sticked into his mouth so that he could feel the piano’s vibrations when he was playing.
He had periods of better hearing and attacks of hearing loss and ringing noises. He fell into depression and started to drink heavily and died due to liver cirrhosis at the age of 56. His last symphony was composed while he was totally deaf. And the question remains:
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What caused Beethoven's deafness? #Shorts #minidocumentary

ABCFacts
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Ludwig Beethoven is Ace of Clubs ♣REST IN POWER Blessings and HUGS 👑💜

markherron
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I didn’t know he was deaf. That’s gotta be so depressing. My grandma was hit by a car when she was a kid, causing deafness in her left ear. And like 10% of hearing in her right ear. She had a hearing aid to help her hear from her right ear. She was really great about it. Anytime she didn’t wanna deal with any noises, she’s turn down her hearing aid. Miss her

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Ménière’s disease and possibly Vesitublar damage.

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Dident he die cause of lead poisoning?

ItsKim