Klarinet Archive - Posting 000602.txt from 2001/08

From: Les DeBusk <sflane@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] fine ears
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:30:13 -0400

Just a interesting piece of information here... Beethoven's deafness was in
turn from a syndrome called "loudness recruitment", meaning he couldn't hear
things until they were at a certain volume level.

Les DeBusk

Rien Stein wrote:

> Aaron wrote:
>
> <<
> While I would never say I have a better ear than Mozart or Mendelssohn, I
> must profess my ear is far better than Beethoven's.
> >>
>
> Aaron is making a very common mistake here: he is mixing up the accuteness
> of the ear (the threshold below which you won't hear a thing) with the
> capacity to distinguish sound characteristics. I am a living example of
> this: I will need a hearing aid probably this year, at last by next summer,
> but sometimes when listening say to an orchestra -- whether in concert hall
> or recorded -- I can discuss details many people missed. My wife often asks
> me: "Did you hear that? I missed it." Of course: the music or individual
> instrument must be loud enough to be detected by my ears.
>
> Rien
>
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