In the film they also inform about the most recent diagnosis of
Beethoven's illness, that is drawn from the contemporary autopsie of
Beethoven's ear (after minute 58, around 62 you find a table with the
diagnosis).
After Wolfram Klingler: (as already written by A. John Mardinly) an
"chronical inner ear deafness with permanent ringing in the ears", most
probable a "cochlear otosclerosis".
Best regards
Markus
Am 12.11.2017 um 14:41 schrieb Christopher Wilke:
Just curious - How do we know the exact cause of Beethoven's deafness
today? I assume doctors of the time didn't possess enough knowledge of
the causes of deafness to make a diagnosis.
Chris
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On Saturday, November 11, 2017, 7:01 PM, John Mardinly
<john.mardi...@asu.edu> 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.
> On Nov 10, 2017, at 5:27 PM, howard posner
<[2]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Nov 10, 2017, at 10:50 AM, G. C. <[3]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> According to Dan Brown in his newest book, "Origins", Beethoven was
the
>> inventor of "bone conduction technology", who upon going deaf,
>> discovered that he could fix a metal rod to his piano, and bite
down on
>> it as he played, enabling him to hear perfectly, through vibrations
in
>> his jaw bone.
>
> Take this with a grain of salt, especially when you see things like
this one on the Time Magazine website:
>
> Interest in Beethoven's hearing loss has long captivated his fans,
> many of whom are fascinated by the tragic circumstances of a deaf
> composer and the ways Beethoven managed to keep working even
> after he completely lost his hearing by the time he was 45. As TIME
> once described it, "by clenching a stick in his teeth, holding it
against
> the keyboard of his piano, he could discern faint sounds."
>
> I've never seen any reference to any evidence for anything like
this. Has anyone else?
>
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