At what age did the composer Beethoven lose his hearing and what symphony was he working on?

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Atticus Sweeney

2 January, 11:13

At what age did the composer Beethoven lose his hearing and what symphony was he working on?

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Madden Sutton · Answer 1

Around the age of 26, Beethoven began to hear buzzing and ringing in his ears. In 1800, aged 30, he wrote from Vienna to a childhood friend - by then working as a doctor in Bonn - saying that he had been suffering for some time: "For the last three years my hearing has grown steadily weaker.

Maci · Answer 2

Beethoven was 31, and was working on symphony no. 2