Ludwig van
Beethoven is undoubtably one of the greatest composers of all time
However, he was well known for being deaf quite a challenge considering his profession
Beethoven was not born deaf and there are many theories about how he became one
some of them were his practice of dunking his head in a pail of ice-cold water to keep him awake his claim of
Suffering a fit of rage when someone interrupted him at work
And he also blamed gastrointestinal problems as he was never in the best of health
None of them were proven at the age of 26 Beethoven's hearing became steadily weaker
He tried to keep it secret from everyone for fear of ruining his career at 44
He was almost totally deaf, but Beethoven's compositional methods were fully developed by then
He was able to audiate which was the ability to hear a musical score without it being played in spite of his disability
Beethoven continued to compose extraordinary music in joy to this day