Thomas Mace was deaf in his later years. He pressed his front teeth against the
edge of the soundboard and thus was able to hear what he was playing. He
describes this in his Musicks’ Monument in 1676.
> Op 12 nov. 2017, om 15:33 heeft G. C. <[email protected]> het volgende
> geschreven:
>
> Very interesting discourse about Beethoven's deafness, several more
> available (in german) on YT. Thanks for the link Markus. Although it
> doesn't specify the nature of the hearing aid connected to the piano
> which was used, I assume that all hasn't yet been said in this matter.
> G.
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Markus Lutz <[1][email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> 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).
> [2]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][3][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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