The new installation “Beethoven’s Hearing Loss” can now be experienced in the Beethoven Room at the House of Music.

The installation

For half his life, Ludwig van Beethoven struggled with a progressive loss of his hearing. In the last years of his life, he could no longer perceive his music or the world around him acoustically.
The new installation "Beethoven's Hearing Loss" allows you to experience the stages of his ordeal, where the great composer's difficult fate is also reflected in his music.

Ludwig van Beethoven's misfortune was being born prematurely. Today, the famous musician wouldn't have to accept this fate. Thanks to state-of-the-art implantable hearing solutions, he could hear for a lifetime. Learn more here about the outstanding medical technology options for people with profound hearing loss!

The Austrian family-owned company MED-EL is a global leader in the development of innovative solutions for hearing loss. Thanks to these systems, more than 200,000 people worldwide can hear again.

In cooperation with Med-El.

The photos from the opening of the installation show: 

(Left) Managing Director (Med-El) Ewald Thurner, (Right) Director (House of Music) Simon Posch