I'm not sure that this is a myth.
There is a youtube video in German by the medical society of Mainz about
Beethoven's deafness and his relation to Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (the
inventor of the metronome).
Beethoven used his ear trumpets and Mälzel also constructed a mechanism
that was set on the piano and transported the sound directly to the ear
(around 46m).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Lj8Qy2Ilk&t=2965s
Best regards
Markus
Am 11.11.2017 um 23:31 schrieb G. C.:
A myth then apparently. Interesting though, that:
The "phenomenon" of bone conduction is generally credited as being
discovered in the 1500s (though some say it can be traced back to
around 2AD). A physician, mathematician, philosopher and all-around
brilliant fella' by the name of Girolamo Cardano noticed that it was
possible to hear through a rod or spear when placed between the teeth.
He detailed his findings in his controversial publication De
Subtilitate, but the information hadn't really been applied to
anything, let alone to help the deaf or hearing-impaired, until later.
G.
On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 7:44 PM, John Mardinly
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
Beethoven's deafness was caused by "inner ear" problems, sometimes
called labyrinthitis, a form of nerve deafness, not mechanical
problems, such as damage to the eardrum or the small bones of the inner
ear. As such, it is unlikely that the bone conduction would have been
any use to him.
A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
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