Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven's hearing loss
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duckncover
Beethoven began to lose his hearing around 1796; he severed from severe tinnitus.
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Historians don't know what may have caused Beethoven's hearing loss, but is have been variously attributed to syphilis, lead poisoning, and typhus.
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