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 Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:34 pm |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/11/011128035455.htm
So this is why Beethoven continued using pianos well into his
deafness. It wouldn't help much to hear, say, a symphony orchestra
(the accounts of him unable to hear applause and beating time several
measures off), but a piano, being in close proximity, would be
reasonable to "hear". Indeed, the brains in deaf people do become
hypersensitive to tactile senses after a period of time in which
hearing is lost. I know there were some other deaf composers around
the time of Beethoven, so maybe there is some plausibility to this
hypothesis (hearing through tactile instead of acoustically). |
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