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