Beethoven Otosclerosis Theory

Many wonder, how is it that Beethoven became deaf? He became deaf around the 1790s, and during those times there wasn’t the amount of advanced technology or medication that would be able to figure out what exactly caused his deafness, however there are many theories. One of the most popular theories is that he had Otosclerosis, one not so popular theory is lead poisoning.
Otosclerosis is a disease of the bones that are typically in the middle and inner ear. The “ossicles” which are bones, come together to build a mass that is immovable and have difficulty transmitting sound unlike when they are flexible. Unfortunately, the thicker the bone is- the greater the hearing loss, and the longer the hearing loss, the more bone deposits that grow which just continuously makes
16 at a restaurant, in the summer of this same year he becomes seriously ill, which leads to loss of hearing. June 29th, 1801, Beethoven writes a letter to a man named Dr Franz Wegeler in Bonn, which is the first written evidence of Beethoven’s deafness stating “…for the last three years my hearing has become worse…”, he complains of buzzing in his ears and by this time has lost 60% of his hearing. In 1802 Beethoven moves north of Vienna for a summer in order to relieve his hearing. While there he decides to write his last will and testament where he publicly comes out about his deafness when he states: “Oh, all you people who think or say that I am hostile to you, or that I am stubborn, or that I hate mankind, you do not realize the wrong that you do me...I am deaf ..." Sadly for many people of those days, Beethoven makes his last public appearance as a pianist in 1814, and 2 years later begins using ear trumpets. In order to communicate with people, he begins using conversation books in 1818. Beethoven reports being completely deaf by 1823, however evidence shows he was totally deaf earlier than that, sadly, Beethoven died 4 years