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World Service,20 Feb 1995,13 mins

Beethoven's Deafness

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Beethoven's career was threatened when he went deaf at the age of 31. The composer still managed to create most of his work after losing his hearing; although his incurable deafness led to depression and self-imposed isolation.

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