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Beethoven started losing his hearing around 1800-1802. Sometimes he could hear and sometimes not. He was very ashamed of being deaf as a musician and wanted to attempt suicide. He cut the legs off of his piano in order to feel resonance. A lot of Beethoven's music has a full bass because it was easier for him to hear. Eventually he went completely deaf. People would write things down for him to read and he would speak back to them.

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