Beethoven's Hearing Loss

In 18 o three. His second symphony debuted, a concert where ticket prizes were,. if you'll believe this, three times higher than the usual. That's how desperate people were to see beethoven perform. He was making stacks on stacks. But it got even better when he took his brother caspar as a manager. And like any good manager, casper was not very tactful or subtle and not very well liked by most of beethoven's clients - but he made his brother a lot of money. Beethoven began to suffer a decline in his hearing from around 17 98 due to what we to day think was otto slerosis (a disorder involving abnormal