#163 | Beethoven and his hearing loss
In his mid-twenties, Beethoven realized he was losing his hearing at the apex of his career as a performing pianist. For three years, he concealed his condition by pretending to be forgetful or preoccupied when others spoke to him when, in fact, he could no longer hear. “Ah, how could I possibly admit such an infirmity in the one sense which should have been more perfect in me than in others…”…













